Charles Taylor
Save me LordĀ
For I am the slave Charles Taylor
From New Orleans
A laborer
Upon my knees I pleadĀ
For am I not a man and a brotherĀ
Save me Lord
Three years picking cottonĀ
In the fieldsĀ
The sun and lashes have my body tornĀ
My spirit for the good Lord unshakenĀ
My name is Charles Taylor
I was born a slaveĀ
Died a freemanĀ
My brother died picking cottonĀ
My mother dead tooĀ
Save me LordĀ
HallelujahĀ
So my driver he let us sing quiet while pickin'Ā
"Swing low, sweet chariot*
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low, sweet chariot
Coming for to carry me home
If you get there before I do
Coming for to carry me home
Tell all my friends, Iām coming too
Coming for to carry me home"
*http://www.negrospirituals.com/index.html
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