No More Auction Block for Me

Anonymous, 1867
Also known as "Many Thousand Go(ne)"

Slave Songs of the United States. New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867.
 

1. No more auction block for me,
no more, no more;
No more auction block for me,
many thousand gone.

2. No more peck of corn for me,
no more, no more;
No more peck of corn for me,
many thousand gone.

3. No more driver's lash for me,
no more, no more;
No more driver's lash for me,
many thousand gone.

4. No more auction block for me,
no more, no more
No more auction block for me,
many thousand gone.

5. No more pint of salt for me,
no more, no more;
No more pint of salt for me,
many thousand gone.

6. No more hundred lash for me,
no more, no more;
No more hundred lash for me,
many thousand gone.

7. No more mistress call for me,
no more, no more;
No more mistress call for me,
many thousand gone.

 

 


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