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Collected by Mary Shand Transcribed by Nathaniel Lucy Sung by Rita Smith and Marilyn McNabb Seligman, Missouri October 26, 1963 Reel 423, Item 13 The Poor Old Slave The poor old slave has gone to rest We know that he is free His bones, they lie, disturb them not Way down in Tennessee The pee-oor old slee-ive has gee-one to ree-est We knee-ow that he-o is free-o free free His bee-ones, they lee-ie, disturb them nee-ot Way dee-own in Tee-ennessee-o see see The piggidy-poor old sliggidy-slive has giggidy-gone to riggidy-rest We kniggidy-know that higgidy-ho is friggidy-o free free His biggidy-bones, they liggidy-lie, dis-tiggidy-urb them niggidy-not Way diggidy-down in Tiggidy-ennes-siggidy-o see see
Lucy, Nathaniel