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Poor Old Slave (hi-lo) Harmonica Tab
By G. W. H. Griffin – 1851
Trad. folk song
Key: D
Time: 6/8
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6 6 7 7 -8 7 -6 7
‘Tis just one year a-go to-day,
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7 -7 7 -8 -7 7
That I re-mem-ber well,
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6 6 7 8 -8 7 -6 7
I sat down by poor Nel-ly’s side
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7 7 -7 7 -8 -7 7
And a sto-ry she did tell.
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7 -7 7 -8 -7 7 8 6
‘Twas ’bout a poor un-hap-py slave,
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7 -6 -6 -6 -9.-6 6
That lived for man-y a year;
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6 6 7 8 -8 7 -6 7…
But now he’s dead, and in his grave,
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7 -7 7 -8.. -7 7
No mas-ter does he fear.
CHORUS
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7 8 8 8 8 -8 -8 -8
The poor old slave has gone to rest,
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-8 -8 -8 -8 -9 8
We know that he is free.
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8 8 8 8 9 -9 -9 -9…
Dis-turb him not but let him rest,
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-9 8 8 -8 -7 7
‘Way down in Ten-na-see.
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