“Hear Dem Bells!”

Description

"All day I works in de cotton an' de corn... Waiting for Gabriel to blow his horn, So I won't have to work any more." "Hear dem bells -- oh, don't you hear dem bells? Dey's ringing out de glory of de dawn." "I sings and shouts wid all my might."

References

  1. Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 229, "Hear Dem Bells!" (1 text)
  2. BI, ScNF229A

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1925 (Scarborough)
Found in: US(SE)