By following the directions in a song, the drinking gourd, taught them by an old sailor named peg leg joe, runaway slaves journey north along the underground. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. For the g old man is d waiting to c carry you to d freedom em follow the d drinking em gourd. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is awaitin. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the follow the drinking gourd, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. The codeword drinkin gourd refers to the big dipper constellation which slaves followed to find their way north to freedom. I wanted everyone to have the opportunity to learn the songs and to be able to sing them with their families and friends, so downloads were. Official linda tillery follow the drinkin gourd lyrics at cd universe. The river bed makes a mighty fine road, dead trees to show you the way and its left foot, peg foot, traveling on follow the drinking gourd. Peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper.
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Em a em follow the drinking gourd, a em follow the drinking gourd, g. This is a book study of the drinking gourd by fn monjo. Ppt follow the drinking gourd paul campbell powerpoint. Follow the drinkin gourd was a song sung by african american slaves escaping to freedom on the underground railroad in the 1800s. The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. Love in action was a continuous theme throughout this row. Follow the drinking gourd ebook by jeanette winter. Follow the drinking gourd kindle edition by winter, jeanette. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit. Exploring follow the drinking gourd musical explorers. Linda tillery follow the drinkin gourd mp3 download and.
This is one of several free readers theater scripts useful for. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is waiting to carry you to freedom. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Follow the drinking gourd with code words in the lyrics showing the. Featuring the song follow the drinkin gourd mp3 download and lyrics. The weavers listen first commercially released recording of the song. Follow the drinking gourd when the sun goes back and the first. What is the hidden meaning in follow the drinking gourd. The drinking gourd is not a gourd, but the big dipper with its two pointer stars dubhe and merak that visually lead to the north star. This sampler includes representative versions that demonstrate the different ways the song has been performed for over 50 years. By following the north star the slaves were able to consistently navigate northward. Follow the drinking gourd mp3 download no result found refresh the page or try with different search for your search query follow the drinking gourd mp3 we have found 000 songs matching your query but showing only top 10 results. Roger mcguinn follow the drinking gourd free music archive.
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