FOOTNOTE:
[1] These simple and affecting sentiments have been very beautifully versified.
1. The loud wind roar'd, the rain fell fast,
The white man yielded to the blast.
He sat him down beneath the tree,
For weary, sad, and faint was he:
And ah! no wife's or mother's care,
For him the milk or com prepare.
CHORUS.
The white man shall our pity share—
Alas! no wife's or mother's care
For him the milk or corn prepare.
2. The storm is o'er, the tempest past,
And Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast;
The wind is heard in whispers low,
The white man far away must go;
But ever in his heart will bear
Remembrance of the negro's care.
CHORUS.
Go, white man, go; but with thee bear
The negro's wish, the negro's prayer,
Remembrance of the negro's care.