Follow the Drinking Gourd By Dr. Harold Williams of Montgomery College Planetarium

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The Charles L. Blockson Collection TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, PHILADELPHIA

Follow the Drinking Gourd When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, Follow the Drinking Gourd For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom, If you follow the Drinking Gourd.

Stanza two Peg Leg and the Tombigbee River The river bank makes a very good road, The dead trees show you the way, Left foot, peg foot, traveling on Follow the Drinking Gourd.

Stanza three and Tennessee River The river ends between two hills, Follow the Drinking Gourd. There's another river on the other side, Follow the Drinking Gourd.

Stanza four the Ohio runs into the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois Where the great big river meets the little river, Follow the Drinking Gourd. For the old man is awaiting to carry you to freedom if you follow the Drinking Gourd.