Through the Eyes of a Slave - Written Accounts of American Slavery by Various

Author:Various [Various]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781528718059
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Publisher: Read & Co. History
Published: 2020-08-03T00:00:00+00:00

"Harper's creek and roarin' ribber,

Thar, my dear, we'll live forebber;

Den we'll go to de Ingin nation,

All I want in dis creation,

Is pretty little wife and big plantation.

Chorus. Up dat oak and down dat ribber,

Two overseers and one little nigger."

Or, if these words are not adapted to the tune called for, it may be that "Old Hog Eye" is—a rather solemn and startling specimen of versification, not, however, to be appreciated unless heard at the South. It runneth as follows:

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