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Thread #13516   Message #111776
Posted By: Joe Offer
06-Sep-99 - 02:18 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Stole and Sold From Africa
Subject: ADD: STOLE AND SOLD FROM AFRICA
Here are the lyrics, from Mccutcheon's Website, www.folkmusic.com

Stole and Sold from Africa
traditional

From the singing of Addie Graham, of Cynthiana, KY

We're stole and sold from Africa
Transported to America
Like hogs and sheep we march in drove
Suffer the heat, endure the cold

We're almost naked, as you see
Almost bare-footed as we be
Suffer the lash, endure the pain
Exposed to sun, both wind and rain

See how they take us from our wives
Young children from their mother's side
They take us to some foreign land
Make slaves to wait on gentlemen

Oh Lord, have mercy and look down
Upon the race of the African kind
Upon our knees pour out our grief
And pray to God for some relief