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Ole Bull Songs on, or about slavery (120* d) RE: ? Songs on, or about slavery? 23 Sep 97


Here's scene 4 of the "Slave Ship" by Henry Russell:

Help! Oh help! Thou God of Christians.
Save a mother from despair!
Cruel white man stole my children.
God have mercy. Hear my prayer!
I'm young and strong and hearty.
He's a weak and sickly boy.
Take me, whip me, chain me, starve me!
God have mercy! Save my boy!

“They've killed my child!
They've killed my child!”
The mother cried. Now all is o'er:
Down the savage captain struck her,
Lifeless on the vessel's floor.

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 22-Jan-02.


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