Joan Baez - Blessed Are...

Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave)

Been a slave most all my life
So's my kids, and so's my wife
I've been working on the Colonel's farm
Ain't been mistreated, ain't done no harm
I'll be a slave to my grave
No need of me being free

Recollect when I was just fourteen
Freedom used to be my biggest dream
I'm older now, lot wiser too
If I was free what would I do
The Colonel's been right good to me
He's taken care of my family

The Colonel rode the buggy in from town
Hitched the horse and called us all around
Said he couldn't keep us here no more
I saw a tear as he walked toward the door
Oh Dear God, what did he say?
Now I am free to go my way



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Writer(s): David Patton
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Blessed Are
  2. The Salt Of The Earth
  3. Three Horses
  4. The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
  5. Last, Lonely And Wretched
  6. Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave)
  7. Outside The Nashville City Limits
  8. San Francisco Mabel Joy
  9. When Time Is Stolen
  10. Heaven Help Us All

All Album Tracks: Blessed Are... >

Altri album

  1. Loyal Friend
  2. Memories
  3. The Studio Recordings 1959
  4. Live At Woodstock
  5. Whistle Down the Wind
  6. Whistle Down The Wind
  7. Amazing Grace (Live at John F. Kennedy Stadium, 13th July 1985)
  8. The Complete Gold Castle Masters
  9. Joan Baez 75th Birthday Celebration
  10. Joan Baez, Vol. II

All Albums of Joan Baez >

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