Duration: 3:23
Posted: Nov 6, 2014

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Follow the Drinking Gourd by Richie Havens was written by [Traditional] and . Richie Havens released it on the album Songs of the Civil War in 1991.

[Chorus] Follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd. For the old man is a-waitin' to carry you to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd [Verse 1]

Posted: Jan 11, 2017

Jun 10, 2009 · This is a "Coded Slave Song". Written by Peg Leg Joe it is an ingenious song that was taught from slave to slave, slave camp to slave camp, ...

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Duration: 3:34
Posted: Jun 25, 2020

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