Molasses To Rum
John Cullum * Track #10 On 1776 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Album 1776 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- #1Overture
Sherman Edwards
- #2Sit Down, John
William Daniels
- #3Piddle, Twiddle, And Resolve
William Daniels & Virginia Vestoff
- #4The Lees of Old Virginia
Ron Holgate & Howard da Silva & William Daniels
- #5But, Mr. Adams
Original Motion Picture Cast of 1776
- #6Yours, Yours, Yours
Original Motion Picture Cast of 1776
- #7He Plays The Violin
Blythe Danner
- #8Momma, Look Sharp
Original Motion Picture Cast of 1776
- #9The Egg
Original Motion Picture Cast of 1776
- #10Molasses To Rum
John Cullum
- #11Is Anybody There?
William Daniels
- #12Finale
Original Motion Picture Cast of 1776
Molasses To Rum by John Cullum
Performed by
John CullumProduced by
Jack L. WarnerWrited by
Sherman EdwardsAbout
The New Englanders are pushing Edward Rutledge, delegate from South Carolina and unofficial leader of the Southern delegations, to drop his objection to a clause in the Declaration of Independence that vilifies slavery. Rutledge does not want to put his signature to any document which puts the south...
Molasses To Rum Lyrics
[RUTLEDGE, spoken]
Our Northern brethren. Feelin' a bit tender toward our slaves. They don't keep slaves. Oh, no. But they're willin' to be considerable carriers of slaves to us. They're willing—for the shilling! Or haven't you heard, Mr. Adams? Clink. Clink
(sung)
Molasses to rum to slaves
Oh, what a beautiful waltz
You dance with us, we dance with you
In molasses and rum and slaves
Who sail the ships out of Boston?
Laden with bibles and rum
Who drinks a toast
To the Ivory Coast?
"Hail Africa, the slavers have come!"
New England with bibles and rum
And it's off with the rum and the bibles
Take on the slaves, clink clink!
Then hail and farewell to the smell
Of the African coast!
Molasses to rum to slaves
'Tisn't morals, 'tis money that saves
Shall we dance to the sound
Of the profitable pound?
In molasses and rum and slaves
Who sail the ships out of Guinea
Laden with bibles and slaves
'Tis Boston can boast
To the West Indies coast
"Jamaica, we brung what ye craves!"
Antigua, Barbados:
"We brung bibles and slaves!"
(spoken)
Gentlemen, you mustn't think that our Northern friends see our black slaves as merely figures on a ledger. Oh, no, they see them as figures on a block! Look at the faces at the auctions, gentlemen. White faces on African wharves. Seafaring faces. New England faces. "Put them in the ships. Cram them in the ships! Stuff them in the ships." Hurry, gentlemen! Let the auction begin!
(sung)
Ya-ha!
Ya-ha-ma-cundah!
(spoken)
Gentlemen, do you hear? That's the cry of the auctioneer
(sung)
Ya-ha
Ya-ha-ma-cundah!
(spoken)
Slaves, gentlemen! Black gold! Livin' gold! Gold from:
(sung)
Angola
Guinea, Guinea, Guinea
Blackbirds for sale!
Ashanti
Ibo, Ibo, Ibo, Ibo
Blackbirds for sale!
Handle them, fondle them
But don't finger them!
They're prime! They're prime!
Ya-ha!
Ya-ha-ma-cundah!
[HANCOCK[?], spoken]
For the love of God, Mr. Rutledge, please!
[RUTLEDGE]
Molasses to rum to slaves
Who sail the ships back to Boston
Laden with gold? See it gleam!
Whose fortunes are made
In the Triangle Trade?
Hail slavery: the New England dream!
Mr. Adams, I give you a toast!
Hail Boston
Hail Charleston
Who stinketh the most?
Molasses To Rum Q&A
Who wrote Molasses To Rum's ?
Molasses To Rum was written by Sherman Edwards.
Who produced Molasses To Rum's ?
Molasses To Rum was produced by Jack L. Warner.