Poor Old Slave (chrom)

By G. W. H. Griffin 1851
Trad. folk song
Key: D
Time: 6/8

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‘Tis just one year a-go to-day,
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That I re-mem-ber well,
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I sat down by poor Nel-ly’s side
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And a sto-ry she did tell.
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‘Twas ’bout a poor un-hap-py slave,
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That lived for man-y a year;
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But now he’s dead, and in his grave,
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No mas-ter does he fear.

CHORUS
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The poor old slave has gone to rest,
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We know that he is free.
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Dis-turb him not but let him rest,
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‘Way down in Ten-na-see.