Follow the Drinking Gourd

Richie Havens * Track #4 On Songs of the Civil War

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Album Songs of the Civil War

Songs of the Civil War by Various Artists

ALBUM

Richie Havens

1991

Follow the Drinking Gourd by Richie Havens

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Richie Havens

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“Follow the Drinking Gourd” was originally published as an American folk song in 1928. The lyrics themselves act as instructions for runaway slaves, with the “drinking gourd” serving as a double entendre: the drinking gourd as a spoon used by slaves and other Americans in farm areas, and the drinkin...

Follow the Drinking Gourd Lyrics

[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]
When the sun goes back and the first quail calls
Follow the drinking gourd
The old man is a-waitin' for to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinking gourd

[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 2]
Now the river bed makes a mighty fine road
Dead trees to show you the way
And it's left foot, peg foot, traveling on
Follow the drinking gourd

[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 3]
The river ends between two hills
Follow the drinking gourd
There's another river on the other side
Follow the drinking gourd

[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

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