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Master only left old Mistus	A
One bright and handsome boy	B
But she fairly doted on him	C
He was her pride and joy	B
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We all liked Mister Thomas	A
He was so kind at heart	D
And when the young folkes got in scrapes	A
He always took their part	D
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He kept right on that very way	E
Till he got big and tall	F
And old Mistus used to chide him	C
And say he'd spile us all	F
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But somehow the farm did prosper	G
When he took things in hand	H
And though all the servants liked him	C
He made them understand	H
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One evening Mister Thomas said	I
'Just bring my easy shoes	A
I am going to sit by mother	G
And read her up the news '	-
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Soon I heard him tell old Mistus	A
We're bound to have a fight	J
But we'll whip the Yankees mother	G
We'll whip them sure as night '	-
	-
Then I saw old Mistus tremble	K
She gasped and held her breath	L
And she looked on Mister Thomas	A
With a face as pale as death	L
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'They are firing on Fort Sumpter	G
Oh I wish that I was there	M
Why dear mother what's the matter	G
You're the picture of despair '	-
	-
'I was thinking dearest Thomas	A
'Twould break my very heart	D
If a fierce and dreadful battle	K
Should tear our lives apart '	-
	-
'None but cowards dearest mother	G
Would skulk unto the rear	N
When the tyrant's hand is shaking	O
All the heart is holding dear '	-
	-
I felt sorry for old Mistus	A
She got too full to speak	P
But I saw the great big tear drops	A
A running down her cheek	P
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Mister Thomas too was troubled	Q
With choosing on that night	J
Betwixt staying with his mother	G
And joining in the fight	J
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Soon down into the village came	R
A call for volunteers	A
Mistus gave up Mister Thomas	A
With many sighs and tears	A
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His uniform was real handsome	S
He looked so brave and strong	T
But somehow I could'nt help thinking	O
His fighting must be wrong	T
	-
Though the house was very lonesome	S
I thought 'twould all come right	J
For I felt somehow or other	G
We was mixed up in that fight	J
	-
And I said to Uncle Jacob	U
'How old Mistus feels the sting	O
For this parting with your children	V
Is a mighty dreadful thing '	-
	-
'Never mind ' said Uncle Jacob	U
'Just wait and watch and pray	E
For I feel right sure and certain	V
Slavery's bound to pass away	E
	-
'Because I asked the Spirit	W
If God is good and just	X
How it happened that the masters	A
Did grind us to the dust	X
	-
'And something reasoned right inside	Y
Such should not always be	Z
And you could not beat it out my head	I
The Spirit spoke to me '	-
	-
And his dear old eyes would brighten	V
And his lips put on a smile	A2
Saying 'Pick up faith and courage	B2
And just wait a little while '	-
	-
Mistus prayed up in the parlor	G
That the Secesh all might win	C2
We were praying in the cabins	A
Wanting freedom to begin	C2
	-
Mister Thomas wrote to Mistus	A
Telling 'bout the Bull's Run fight	J
That his troops had whipped the Yankees	A
And put them all to flight	J
	-
Mistus' eyes did fairly glisten	V
She laughed and praised the South	D2
But I thought some day she'd laugh	E2
On tother side her mouth	D2
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I used to watch old Mistus' face	A
And when it looked quite long	T
I would say to Cousin Milly	Z
The battle's going wrong	T
	-
Not for us but for the Rebels	A
My heart would fairly skip	F2
When Uncle Jacob used to say	A
'The North is bound to whip '	-
	-
And let the fight go as it would	G2
Let North or South prevail	H2
He always kept his courage up	I2
And never let it fail	H2
	-
And he often used to tell us	A
'Children don't forget to pray	A
For the darkest time of morning	O
Is just 'fore the break of day '	-
	-
Well one morning bright and early	Z
We heard the fife and drum	S
And the booming of the cannon	V
The Yankee troops had come	S
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When the word ran through the village	B2
The colored folks are free	Z
In the kitchens and the cabins	A
We held a jubilee	Z
	-
When they told us Mister Lincoln	V
Said that slavery was dead	I
We just poured our prayers and blessings	A
Upon his precious head	I
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We just laughed and danced and shouted	J2
And prayed and sang and cried	Y
And we thought dear Uncle Jacob	U
Would fairly crack his side	Y
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But when old Mistus heard it	K2
She groaned and hardly spoke	L2
When she had to lose her servants	A
Her heart was almost broke	L2
	-
'Twas a sight to see our people	K
Going out the troops to meet	M2
Almost dancing to the music	N2
And marching down the street	M2
	-
After years of pain and parting	O
Our chains was broke in two	O2
And we was so mighty happy	Z
We didn't know what to do	O2
	-
But we soon got used to freedom	S
Though the way at first was rough	P2
But we weathered through the tempest	X
For slavery made us tough	P2
	-
But we had one awful sorrow	Q2
It almost turned my head	I
When a mean and wicked cretur	Q2
Shot Mister Lincoln dead	I
	-
'Twas a dreadful solemn morning	O
I just staggered on my feet	M2
And the women they were crying	O
And screaming in the street	M2
	-
But if many prayers and blessings	A
Could bear him to the throne	R2
I should think when Mister Lincoln died	Y
That heaven just got its own	R2
	-
Then we had another President	S2
What do you call his name	R
Well if the colored folks forget him	C
They would'nt be much to blame	R
	-
We thought he'd be the Moses	A
Of all the colored race	A
But when the Rebels pressed us hard	T2
He never showed his face	A
	-
But something must have happened him	C
Right curi's I'll be bound	U2
'Cause I heard 'em talking 'bout a circle	K
That he was swinging round	U2
	-
But everything will pass away	A
He went like time and tide	Y
And when the next election came	R
They let poor Andy slide	Y
	-
But now we have a President	S2
And if I was a man	V2
I'd vote for him for breaking up	I2
The wicked Ku Klux Klan	V2
	-
And if any man should ask me	Z
If I would sell my vote	W2
I'd tell him I was not the one	V
To change and turn my coat	W2
	-
If freedom seem'd a little rough	P2
I'd weather through the gale	H2
And as to buying up my vote	W2
I hadn't it for sale	H2
	-
I do not think I'd ever be	Z
As slack as Jonas Handy	Z
Because I heard he sold his vote	W2
For just three sticks of candy	Z
	-
But when John Thomas Reeder brought	X2
His wife some flour and meat	M2
And told he had sold his vote	W2
For something good to eat	M2
	-
You ought to seen Aunt Kitty raise	A
And heard her blaze away	A
She gave the meat and flour a toss	A
And said they should not stay	A
	-
And I should think he felt quite cheap	Y2
For voting the wrong side	Y
And when Aunt Kitty scolded him	C
He just stood up and cried	Y
	-
But the worst fooled man I ever saw	A
Was when poor David Rand	H
Sold out for flour and sugar	Q2
The sugar was mixed with sand	H
	-
I'll tell you how the thing got out	Z2
His wife had company	Z
And she thought the sand was sugar	Q2
And served it up for tea	Z
	-
When David sipped and sipped the tea	Z
Somehow it didn't taste right	J
I guess when he found he was sipping sand	H
He was mad enough to fight	J
	-
The sugar looked so nice and white	J
It was spread some inches deep	Y2
But underneath was a lot of sand	H
Such sugar is mighty cheap	Y2
	-
You'd laughed to seen Lucinda Grange	A3
Upon her husband's track	B3
When he sold his vote for rations	A
She made him take 'em back	B3
	-
Day after day did Milly Green	C3
Just follow after Joe	Q2
And told him if he voted wrong	T
To take his rags and go	Q2
	-
I think that Samuel Johnson said	I
His side had won the day	A
Had not we women radicals	A
Just got right in the way	A
	-
And yet I would not have you think	D3
That all our men are shabby	Z
But 'tis said in every flock of sheep	Y2
There will be one that's scabby	Z
	-
I've heard before election came	R
They tried to buy John Slade	E3
But he gave them all to understand	H
That he wasn't in that trade	E3
	-
And we've got lots of other men	F3
Who rally round the cause	A
And go for holding up the hands	A
That gave us equal laws	A
	-
Who know their freedom cost too much	G3
Of blood and pain and treasure	Q2
For them to fool away their votes	A
For profit or for pleasure	Q2