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Thread #99092 Message #1970979
Posted By: Azizi
17-Feb-07 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Oh Freedom, Oh, Freedom
Subject: RE: Origins: Oh Freedom, Oh, Freedom
BEFORE I'D BE A SLAVE (OH, FREEDOM)
from « Old Plantation Hymns »
by William E. Barton, 1899
Before I'd be a slave
I'd be buried in my grave
And go home to my Lord
And be saved
O, what preachin'!
O, what preachin'!
O, what preachin' over me, over me
O, what mourning…
O, what singing…
O, what shouting…
O, weeping Mary…
Doubting Thomas…
O, what sighing
O, Freedom…
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