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FOLLOW THE DRINKIN' GOURD

Spiritual from before The Civil War

Follow the drinkin' gourd
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom
If you follow the drinkin' gourd

When the sun comes up
And the first quail calls
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom
If you follow the drinkin' gourd

[CHORUS]

When the sun comes up
And the first quail calls
Follow the drinkin' gourd
For the old man is a-waiting
For to carry you to freedom
If you follow the drinkin' gourd

[CHORUS]

Now the riverbank
Will make a mighty good road
Dead trees will show you the way
And the left foot, pegfoot
Travelin' on
Just you follow the drinkin' gourd
[CHORUS]

Click here to see a GIF picture of a how-to-find-your-way-North hand-out.

Click here to get big GIF picture without the lyrics (stick in your own version).

Click here to pick up Clarisworks (Appleworks) for Macintosh file if you want to change it (theBEST file to use if you are able to do so).

Click here to get the same font that I used so everything should look the same .

Click here for information about how to find your way north and how to use these files.

Click on this wonderful URL: http://www.contemplator.com/folk2/gourd.html if you want to pick up some good information along with a MIDI file for the song, courtesy of Lesley Nelson.

David Saphra's e-mail address: gamba@concentric.net

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