Raynor HCA 2014-04
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Wurzel’s Liberty Song, “De day ob Liberty’s comin”,Chicago, 1862, 6pp., VG. Written in dialect, this song anticipates Lincoln’s Compensated Emancipation plan. In part, “ Darkies don't you see de light, De day ob liberty's comin', comin' .. Now Uncle Abe he say, Come massa while you may, And for de slabe we'll pay, For we must let him go. ... We can fight and die for you, De day ob liberty's comin'....” ... plus, “Wake Nicodemus Song and Chorus”, Chicago, 1864, 6pp., disbound, VG. The first line of lyrics begins the story, “Nicodemus, the slave, was of African birth, and was bought for a bagful of gold.” ... plus, “Times hab badly change’ ole massa now, Song of the Freedmen, Boston”, 1866, 6pp., disbound, VG. The composer ackowledges credit as follows; “"The leading melody of this song was heard by the writer in Florida. It was sung by a negro, but the words could not be recognized. In the words here given the writer has attempted to express what seems to him to have been the general feeling of the freed men at the close of the war."
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