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Subject: NEGRO SPIRITUALS Matches Found: 23 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "BLACK SPIRITUAL: ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: My brudder sittin' on de tree of life Last Line: "o my soul arise in heaven, lord, / for yearde when jordan roll" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (1)", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "swing low, sweet chariot" Last Line: Coming for to carry me home Variant Title(s): "swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;american Civil War;black Songs;homecoming;u.s. - History; Negro Spirituals "BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (2)", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "oh, de good ole chariot swing so low" Last Line: "swing low, sweet chariot, / I don't want to leave me behind" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "BLOW YOU TRUMPET, GABRIEL", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: De talles' trees in paradise Last Line: And I hope dat trump might blow me home / to de new jerusalem Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "DO DOWN, MOSES", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: When israel was in egypt's land Last Line: O let my people go Variant Title(s): Jubilee Song;let My People Go Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "JIM CRACK CORN, OR THE BLUE TAIL FLY", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: When I was young I us'd to wait / on massa and hand him de plate Last Line: "I nebber forget till de day I die, / ole massa an' dat blue tail fly" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;flies;slavery; Negro Spirituals;serfs A NEGRO SONG OF HOME, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tain't berry many people wat'll listen to a niggah Last Line: Frough de singin' ob de kettle on de hob. Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Song & Music; Black Songs; Home; Negroes; American Blacks; Negro Spirituals DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: "he wanted to go to hebben, but he had to go to hell / dere's no hidin' place down dere" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals DIXIE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Dis world was made in jis' six days Last Line: "look away, look away, look away, dixie land" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;southern States; Negro Spirituals;south (u.s.) EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Ezeekiel saw de wheel Last Line: "dis ole worl' gwine reel an' rock, / 'way in de middle ob de air" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals FOLK SONG, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "steal away, steal away, steal away to jesus" Last Line: I ain't got long to stay here Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;jesus Christ; Negro Spirituals FOLK SONG, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "go down, moses, / way down in egypt land" Last Line: Let my people go Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;egypt; Negro Spirituals FREE AT LAST, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "free at last, free at last; / I thank god I'm free at last" Last Line: O free at last Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;freedom;slavery; Negro Spirituals;liberty;serfs MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "michael row de boat ashore, / hallelujah!" Last Line: "singer row to save your soul, / hallelujah!" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals NEGRO SPIRITUAL: I THANK GOD I'M FREE AT LAS', by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Free at las' - free at las' Last Line: I thank god I'm free at las' Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals NOBODY KNOWS DE TROUBLE I'VE HAD, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: "what make ole satan hate me so? O yes, lord! / because he got me once and he let me go, o yes, lord Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals ONE MORE RIVER, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "o, jordan bank was a great old bank!" Last Line: Dere ain't but one more river to cross Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals PLANTATION HYMN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hear dat rum'lin' in de sky! Last Line: As he goes walkin' by! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): African Americans - Song And Music; Black Songs; Jesus Christ; Slavery; Negro Spirituals; Serfs SLAVE MARRIAGE CEREMONY SUPPLEMENT, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Dark an' stormy may come de wedder Last Line: She's now yo' own. Salute yo' bride Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;marriage;slavery; Negro Spirituals;weddings;husbands;wives;serfs SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: Way up in de hebbenly lan' Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals SONG, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: We raise de wheat Last Line: And say dat's good enough for nigger Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals SPIRITUAL: THE LONELY MOTHER, by FENTON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, my mother's moaning by the river Last Line: Swaying for her son who walks in sorrow. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Black Songs; Despair; Mothers; Negro Spirituals WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: "were you there, when they laid him in the tomb?" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;jesus Christ; Negro Spirituals |
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