He made me lub anoder when my lub was wid de first,

He sole my picaninnies becase he got dar price,

And shut me in de marsh-field to hoe among de rice;

When I neber had forgotten, etc.

"And all de day I hoe dar, in all de heat and rain,

And as I hoe away dar, my heart go back again,

Back to de little cabin dat stood among de corn,

And to de ole plantation where she and I war born!

Oh! I wish I had forgotten, etc.

"Den Dinah am beside me, de chil'ren on my knee,

Dinah

And dough I am a slave dar, it 'pears to me I'm free,

Till I wake up from my dreaming, and wife and chil'ren gone,

I hoe away and weep dar, and weep dar all alone!

Oh! I wish I had forgotten, etc.

"But soon a day am comin, a day I long to see,

When dis darky in de cole ground, foreber will be free,

When wife and chil'ren wid me, I'll sing in Paradise,

How He, de blessed Jesus, hab bought me wid a price.

He

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