“Many Thousand Gone (Auction Block)”

Description

The freed slave rejoices to be done with abuse: "No more auction block for me... Nor more pint of salt for me... No more peck of corn for me... No more driver's lash for me..." (etc.)

Supplemental text

Many Thousand Gone (Auction Block)
  Partial text(s)

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From Edith Fulton Fowke, editor, and Richard Johnston, music editor,
Folk Songs of Canada (first edition), pp. 30-31. Collected by Helen
Creighton from William R. Riley.

No more auction block for me,
  No more, no more,
No more auction block for me,
  Many thousand gone.

  Refrain:
    Jesus died on Calvary
      Oh yes, oh yes,
    Jesus died to set me free,
      Thank him forever more.

Similarly, No more pint of salt, etc.; No more peck of corn for me, etc.;
No more driver's lash for me, etc.

Recordings

• Pete Seeger, "No More Auction Block" (on PeteSeeger31)

References

1. Fowke/Johnston, pp. 30-31, "Auction Block" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Creighton/Senior, pp. 279, "Auction Block" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Scott-BoA, pp. 238-239, "Many Thousand Gone" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Silber-CivWar, p. 71, "Many Thousand Gone" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Lomax-ABFS, p. 577, "Many T'ousand Go" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. Lomax-FSNA 238, "Many Thousands Gone" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Arnett, p. 83, "Many Thousand Go" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. Greenway-AFP, pp. 101-102, "Many Thousand Gone" (1 text, 1 tune)
9. Darling-NAS, pp. 353-354, "Many Thousand Go (No More Auction Block)" (1 text)
10. Silber-FSWB, p. 296, "Many Thousand Gone" (1 text)
11. ST FJ030 (Partial)
12. Roud #3348
13. BI, FJ030