Words by a Colored Man. [Listen] [PDF] [Lilypond] music
Stolen we were from Africa, Transported to America; It's work all day and half the night, And rise before the morning light; Sinner! man! why don't you repent? For the judgment is rolling around! For the judgment is rolling around! Like the brute beast in public street, Endure the cold and stand the heat; King Jesus told you once before To go your way and sin no more; Sinner! man! &c. If e'er I reach the Northern shore, I'll ne'er go back, no, never more; I think I hear these ladies say, We'll sing for Freedom night and day; Sinner! man! &c. Now let us all, yes, every man, Vote for the Slave, for now we can; Break every chain and every yoke, Vote not for Clay nor James K. Polk; Sinner! man! &c. Come let us go for James G. Birney, Who sells not flesh and blood for money; He is the man you all can see, Who gave his slaves their liberty; Sinner! man! &c. We hail thee as an honest Man, God made thee on his noblest plan; To stand for freedom in that hour, To thrust a blow at Slavery's power; Sinner! man! &c.
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