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I A NEGRO SERMON SIMON LEGREE	A
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To be read in your own variety of negro dialect	B
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Legree's big house was white and green	C
His cotton fields were the best to be seen	C
He had strong horses and opulent cattle	D
And bloodhounds bold with chains that would rattle	D
His garret was full of curious things	E
Books of magic bags of gold	F
And rabbits' feet on long twine strings	E
But he went down to the Devil	D
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Legree he sported a brass buttoned coat	G
A snake skin necktie a blood red shirt	H
Legree he had a beard like a goat	G
And a thick hairy neck and eyes like dirt	H
His puffed out cheeks were fish belly white	I
He had great long teeth and an appetite	I
He ate raw meat 'most every meal	J
And rolled his eyes till the cat would squeal	J
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His fist was an enormous size	K
To mash poor niggers that told him lies	K
He was surely a witch man in disguise	K
But he went down to the Devil	D
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He wore hip boots and would wade all day	L
To capture his slaves that had fled away	L
But he went down to the Devil	D
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He beat poor Uncle Tom to death	M
Who prayed for Legree with his last breath	M
Then Uncle Tom to Eva flew	N
To the high sanctoriums bright and new	N
And Simon Legree stared up beneath	O
And cracked his heels and ground his teeth	O
And went down to the Devil	D
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He crossed the yard in the storm and gloom	P
He went into his grand front room	P
He said I killed him and I don't care	Q
He kicked a hound he gave a swear	Q
He tightened his belt he took a lamp	R
Went down cellar to the webs and damp	R
There in the middle of the mouldy floor	S
He heaved up a slab he found a door	S
And went down to the Devil	D
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His lamp blew out but his eyes burned bright	I
Simon Legree stepped down all night	I
Down down to the Devil	D
Simon Legree he reached the place	T
He saw one half of the human race	T
He saw the Devil on a wide green throne	U
Gnawing the meat from a big ham bone	U
And he said to Mister Devil	D
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I see that you have much to eat	V
A red ham bone is surely sweet	V
I see that you have lion's feet	V
I see your frame is fat and fine	W
I see you drink your poison wine	W
Blood and burning turpentine	W
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And the Devil said to Simon Legree	A
I like your style so wicked and free	A
Come sit and share my throne with me	A
And let us bark and revel	D
And there they sit and gnash their teeth	O
And each one wears a hop vine wreath	O
They are matching pennies and shooting craps	X
They are playing poker and taking naps	X
And old Legree is fat and fine	W
He eats the fire he drinks the wine	W
Blood and burning turpentine	W
Down down with the Devil	D
Down down with the Devil	D
Down down with the Devil	D
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II JOHN BROWN	Y
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To be sung by a leader and chorus the leader singing the body of the poem while the chorus interrupts with the question	Z
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I've been to Palestine	W
What did you see in Palestine	W
I saw the ark of Noah	A2
It was made of pitch and pine	W
I saw old Father Noah	A2
Asleep beneath his vine	W
I saw Shem Ham and Japhet	V
Standing in a line	W
I saw the tower of Babel	D
In the gorgeous sunrise shine	W
By a weeping willow tree	A
Beside the Dead Sea	A
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I've been to Palestine	W
What did you see in Palestine	W
I saw abominations	A
And Gadarene swine	W
I saw the sinful Canaanites	A
Upon the shewbread dine	W
And spoil the temple vessels	A
And drink the temple wine	W
I saw Lot's wife a pillar of salt	V
Standing in the brine	W
By a weeping willow tree	A
Beside the Dead Sea	A
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I've been to Palestine	W
What did you see in Palestine	W
Cedars on Mount Lebanon	Z
Gold in Ophir's mine	W
And a wicked generation	Z
Seeking for a sign	W
And Baal's howling worshippers	A
Their god with leaves entwine	W
And	V
I saw the war horse ramping	B2
And shake his forelock fine	W
By a weeping willow tree	A
Beside the Dead Sea	A
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I've been to Palestine	W
What did you see in Palestine	W
Old John Brown	Y
Old John Brown	Y
I saw his gracious wife	C2
Dressed in a homespun gown	Y
I saw his seven sons	A
Before his feet bow down	Y
And he marched with his seven sons	A
His wagons and goods and guns	A
To his campfire by the sea	A
By the waves of Galilee	A
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I've been to Palestine	W
What did you see in Palestine	W
I saw the harp and psalt'ry	A
Played for Old John Brown	Y
I heard the ram's horn blow	D2
Blow for Old John Brown	Y
I saw the Bulls of Bashan	Y
They cheered for Old John Brown	Y
I saw the big Behemoth	E2
He cheered for Old John Brown	Y
I saw the big Leviathan	Y
He cheered for Old John Brown	Y
I saw the Angel Gabriel	D
Great power to him assign	Y
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I saw him fight the Canaanites	A
And set God's Israel free	A
I saw him when the war was done	Y
In his rustic chair recline	Y
By his campfire by the sea	A
By the waves of Galilee	A
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I've been to Palestine	Y
What did you see in Palestine	Y
Old John Brown	Y
Old John Brown	Y
And there he sits	A
To judge the world	V
His hunting dogs	A
At his feet are curled	V
His eyes half closed	V
But John Brown sees	A
The ends of the earth	F2
The Day of Doom	P
And his shot gun lies	A
Across his knees	A
Old John Brown	Y
Old John Brown	Y
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III KING SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA	A2
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A Poem Game	G2
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And when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon she came to prove him with hard questions	A
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The men's leader rises as he sees the Queen unveiling and approaching a position that gives her half of the stage	H2
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MEN'S LEADER	A
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The Queen of Sheba came to see King Solomon	Y
I was King Solomon	Y
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He bows three times	A
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I was King Solomon	Y
I was King Solomon	Y
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WOMEN'S LEADER	A
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I was the Queen	Y
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She bows three times	A
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I was the Queen	Y
I was the Queen	Y
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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We will be king and queen	Y
Reigning on mountains green	Y
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They stand together stretching their hands over the land	V
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Happy and free	A
For ten thousand years	A
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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King Solomon he had four hundred oxen	Y
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They stagger forward as through carrying a yoke together	A
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CONGREGATION	Y
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We were the oxen	Y
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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You shall feel goads no more	A
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Here King and Queen pause at the footlights	A
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Walk dreadful roads no more	A
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They walk backward throwing off the yoke and rejoicing	B2
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Free from your loads	A
For ten thousand years	A
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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King Solomon he had four hundred sweethearts	A
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The men's leader goes forward the women's leader dances round him	I2
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CONGREGATION	Y
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We were the sweethearts	A
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Here he pauses at the footlights	A
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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You shall dance round again	Y
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He walks backward Both clap their hands to the measure	A
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You shall dance round again	Y
Cymbals shall sound again	Y
Cymbals shall sound again	Y
Wildflowers be found	V
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The Queen appears to gather wildflowers	A
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For ten thousand years	A
Wildflowers be found	V
For ten thousand years	A
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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And every sweetheart had four hundred swans	A
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He continues to command the congregation the woman to dance He goes forward to the footlights	A
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CONGREGATION	Y
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We were the swans	A
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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You shall spread wings again	Y
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The King walks backward	V
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You shall spread wings again	Y
Fly in soft rings again	Y
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Here a special dance by the Queen swans flying in circles	A
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Fly in soft rings again	Y
Swim by cool springs	A
For ten thousand years	A
Swim by cool springs	A
For ten thousand years	A
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MEN'S LEADER	A
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King Solomon	Y
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The refrain King Solomon may be intoned by the men's leader whenever it is needed to enable the women's leader to get to her starting point All the refrains may be likewise used	V
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King Solomon	Y
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WOMEN'S LEADER	A
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The Queen of Sheba asked him like a lady	A
Bowing most politely	A
What makes the roses bloom	P
Over the mossy tomb	P
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They bow to each other then give a pantomime indicating a great rose garden	Y
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Driving away the gloom	P
Ten thousand years	A
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MEN'S LEADER	A
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King Solomon made answer to the lady	A
Bowing most politely	A
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They bow and confer The Queen reserved but taking cognizance The King wooing with ornate gestures of respect and courtly animation	Y
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They bloom forever thinking of your beauty	A
Your step so queenly and your eyes so lovely	A
These keep the roses fair	A
Young and without a care	A
Making so sweet the air	A
Ten thousand years	A
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BOTH LEADERS	A
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King Solomon he had four hundred sons	A
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The two with a m	J2