Language   

I Want to Go Home

Anonymous
Language: English



Related Songs

What's Goin' on Down There
(Malvina Reynolds)
Ballade de Muhammad Ali
(Francesca Solleville)
Eve Was Black
(Allison Russell)


Da : Slave Songs of the United States.
New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867. - Part 1, p.46 , #61

William Francis Allen, (1830-1889), Charles Pickard Ware, (1840-1921), and Lucy McKim Garrison, ( 1842-1877) .

[Verse 7 was added after the Emancipation Proclamation.--J. S. R.]
da: William Francis Allen, (1830-1889), Charles Pickard Ware, (1840-1921), and Lucy McKim Garrison, ( 1842-1877) .
Dere's no rain to wet you.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

Dere's no sun to burn you,
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

Dere's no hard trials.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

Dere's no whips a-crackin'.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

Dere's no stormy weather.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

Dere's no tribulation.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

No more slavery in de kingdom.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

No evil-doers in de kingdom.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

All is gladness in de kingdom.
O yes, I want to go home,
Want to go home.

Contributed by Pluck - 2024/4/11 - 17:10




Main Page

Please report any error in lyrics or commentaries to antiwarsongs@gmail.com

Note for non-Italian users: Sorry, though the interface of this website is translated into English, most commentaries and biographies are in Italian and/or in other languages like French, German, Spanish, Russian etc.




hosted by inventati.org