A Song For Freedom Poem by Anonymous Americas

A Song For Freedom

Rating: 2.8


Come all ye bondmen far and near,
Let's put a song in massa's ear,
It is a song for our poor race,
Who're whipped and trampled with disgrace.

Chorus.
My old massa tells me O
This is a land of freedom O;
Let's look about and see if't is so,
Just as massa tells me O.

He tells us of that glorious one,
I think his name was Washington,
How he did fight for liberty,
To save a threepence tax on tea.

Chorus.
My old massa, &c.

And then he tells us that there was
A Constitution, with this clause,
That all men equal were created,
How often have we heard it stated.

Chorus.
My old massa, &c.

But now we look about and see,
That we poor blacks are not so free;
We 're whipped and thrashed about like fools,
And have no chance at common schools.

Chorus.
Still, my old massa, &c.

They take our wives, insult and mock,
And sell our children on the block,
Then choke us if we say a word,
And say that 'niggers' shan't be heard.

Chorus.
Still, my old massa, &c.

Our preachers, too, with whip and cord,
Command obedience in the Lord;
They say they learn it from the book,
But for ourselves we dare not look.

Chorus.
Still, my old massa tells me O,
This is a
Christian
country O, &c.

There is a country far away,
Friend Hopper says 't is Canada,
And if we reach Victoria's shore,
He says that we are slaves no more.

Chorus.
Now hasten all bondmen, let us go
And leave this Christian country O;
Haste to the land of the British Queen,
Where whips for negroes are not seen.

Now if we go, we must take the night-
We're sure to die if we come in sight-
The blood-hounds will be on our track,
And wo to us if they fetch us back.

Chorus.
Now haste all bondmen, let us go,
And leave this
Christian
country O;
God help us to Victoria's shore,
Where we are free and slaves no more.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Deluke Muwanigwa 10 January 2021

Donald Trump and supporters would like this christian country to be made great again. Not satisfied he wants to come to Africa and make America Greater. We will be waiting uncle sam.

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Jayatissa K. Liyanage 10 January 2021

Reality based human feelings can not be trampled down for ever.

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Aaron Ross 10 January 2021

This is so true and we must protect our freedoms for we still have that protection. I got to express that freedom by writing a love story and hiking across

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Aaron Ross 10 January 2021

This poem was amazing. And we must always protect our freedoms we still have that and always will. I got to express my full freedom of speech by hiking across America to inspire the readers of The Fallow and you can see that here. // .the-fallows.com/

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Bri Edwards 10 January 2022

'massa' = slave-owner (and owner's appointed overseer I'd say) I plan to share this poem with others. : ) bri

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Sylvia Frances Chan 10 January 2022

Congratulations being chosen by PoemHunter and Team as The Classic Poem Of The Day.5 Stars full./Most deserving

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Sylvia Frances Chan 10 January 2022

Fascinating song for freedom, thought-provoking poem, great insights, fascinating poem

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Chinedu Dike 10 January 2022

Insightful and sonorous......

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David Wood 10 January 2022

Human rights are for all of humanity not just one race. We are all equal in nature, we are all equal and cannot be trampled underfoot for ever.

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Bri Edwards 10 January 2022

i 'love' the poem. ;) bri

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