Then choke us if we say a word,

And say that “niggers” shan’t be heard.

Chorus. My old massa, &c.

Our preachers, too, with whip and cord,

Command obedience in the Lord;

They say they learn it from the book,

But for ourselves we dare not look.

Chorus. Still, my old massa tells me O,

This is a Christian country O, &c.

There is a country far away,