Soon ended her sorrows and sank cold in death;

Thus died that slave mother, poor heart-broken mother,

In sorrow and woe.

O, list ye kind mothers to the cries of the slave;

The parents and children implore you to save;

Go! rescue the mothers, the sisters and brothers,

From sorrow and woe.


I’LL BE FREE! I’LL BE FREE!

Air—Sweet Afton.