Slave's Lament (I), The

DESCRIPTION: "I'm standing as a free man upon the northern banks Of old Erie's fresh water see, And it cheers my very soul... to think like the waves I am free." The slave had been promised he would never be sold. He will never be a slave again
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: slave freedom escape
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 223-224, "The Slave's Lament" (1 text)
Roud #11709
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "O Freedom" (theme)
NOTES [25 words]: It seems to me that I've seen some of these words associated with "O Freedom." But this lacks the chorus, so I am tentatively keeping them separate. - RBW
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