, 1864-07-01

And don't sou E55RR II T. S,S SToader.
For While you sinners here are musfns.
1'se gW1ne to Father Abrams bosom:
Dsn- yah, oh yah, yah, yah, ETC."
And cren still more joyouely, thus:
"The Lord am In his cha.iot cas.
Glory. halelgJahl :
Hes come from distance very far,
Glory, hs,ieipjah,
So Jump aboard, and to glory let us glide,
While We help 10 swell The chorus al We glide.
Glory, halleujah!''
The children In the freedmcn's schools have
a hymn which runs through many verses,
commencing:
''1'il follow In Jesus' wayE.
No man can hinder mel
I'll DO whst JetaA sAyH,
No nlan can hinder une!S
:, L person writing froa New Orleans SAYS
the following, With many variations. is a a.
xo1ite at the meetings of the contrAbands in
that vicinity:
III you want to make old Satan run,
On play on de co3den harp!
An dere Ind um ali farewell,
Oh play on de golden harp1
1look ny face down to de eroun,,
I ask de Lord 10 turn me ruun'.
oh play on de golden haIpi
Iask dc Lord TO kick me- h,eh,
oh play on de golden halpi
It fs only necessary to examine the songs
sung habifua1ly By the negroes to see the
fa1lacy Of the argument 80 often used that
the negroes are uniformly happy, unthink-
iog, Gghtlcarted Md contented in the con-
ditiLn OF slavery. Through majority of
their melodies there breatGes a nournful
spirit-a moan Of crushed hopes and weary
experiences wall OF longtngs ont OF the
depths Of the soul, not utterly eilenccd by
despair. Here Is a wild burst:
sob! aar1l be mournin', mouruin', uourniu'.
Oh d1r'u be mpnrnin',
DE judgment seat Of Christ!
Pore old tlave dar, Jesus tell
MHsBa didn't use he weQ;
ChFiRt send raasea down 10 he'll
De Judgment seat Of Christ!''
Here is weary song, with the inevitable
end md, Ing taith In the justice which Is d.
Ts!s expressed:
40 well Join the forty tousand hy and by.
sowe will: So we viii!
Wen Join de forty tousa1d upon do golden shore.
And our forrows viii be gone foseyesmose, more,
So they will
Ny way Is dark and cloudy.
So Isl So .ai
MI way IL dsrk and cloudy,
The storT OF Moses and Pharaoh POSSESSES
q peculiar fascination for the negro mind;
Thy It is so iB not hard to guess. a SOM
having reference to it was brought North,
versihed and set to music. The following Is
the first verse: :,
"The Lord by Noees to Pharaah said,
Q let my people got
II NOT, il em1te your Arst-born dead,
Then let ny people sol
Q 60 down. s1o.es,
And tell King Pharaoh
To let my people co."
Here is plflosoplic effort at a cousola-
tory line OF meditation which bears pretty
good evidence Of being written By white
man:
What atc the joy, Of the white man hezea
What are his pleasures say!
He great, he proud, he haughtY, fue.
De e1eep ID u DAY, gs be II: @sle ali night,
He full Of care, bis heart no light,
He great deal want, he little get,
He sorzy 20 he fret.
Ne envy not the white man here,
Though he 80 proud and 9ny,
he great, he proud, he haukhty,, fne,
While my banjo play.
Ne work ali day, me sleep all night,
Me haye no care, me heaIt Is Hight,
He think not Nhat tomorrow bring,
Ne happy 30 me sing"
A curious little song which the negroes
have about death, commences as follows:
"D1d uasea Death
He's very little mac,
He goes from door to door,
He kills some souls,
And b WOundeth come,
Good Lord. remember me;
Coed Lord, remember ne:
Eeme9be1 me g the years roll ;.ound,
Good Lord, remember me"
The following, which is said to bs very
slssippi states, indicates a very accurate ap-
probation Of the different positious occupied
By master and slave:
Mass'r had big black cat,
Go in, GO in,
Nafef had a dle WOOL hat,
70 IN, 60 In
oafkes H., I'D so5as oa q po'sum fat,-
aep'" a Gsi T. iSsees ss f.. r. honey.
Niger & Se1, d xSrn sS ,a sd 'rs'F
And the following Indicates lively percep.
non OF inc most immediate method Of chang
ing that position:
r.; ~ fS5 Se soh sl1t il ID Tor.s ,.s ct baby.
Won't they smile when they see old Ehadv.
Hall, mighty day.
Good d:bse, Masea JEFF; goodbye. M.a.a s.erhsn
Excuse dis dazkeg for akin hls ies11n's ''<poen
Gaees oy-ond-by youn se~ old Ably
Ganliu', conain'-'
Hal, mighty dayi' s..
The following Ia remarkably hflarions in
| IT'S character, and Is said to be yery popnlar
| ut Fortress Monroe: 'N~~
wake q,,,aas 1p snakes, pel'sans, aud .esh'neza
Cn,u1uf on dc run:
wake up' ten re, GIT up, Jefferson,
Bobolltfon's comm.
Bob-o.1.sh-I-An r.
! We will close with specimen which. nm.
| less 1t has some deepsand mysterious siroifi.
| cance, possesses considerable more melody
than meanings. :.
"Walk along, walk along, 80 :.
In the ladies' garden;
Walk along, chalk along,
In the Indies garden
Old Ben Cusick laytn' On de- groun'.
In the laaies' garden.
Ono eye peepiu' up 'soihcr peepin' down.:
In The laulea' garden.
6ton hack, s!orr back, gentlemen,
In the ladlce' -Eardeu-
stoFr back. 1sosr back, gentlemen.
Aud let the ladies walk
It. however, iuculcates lesson Of ral1an.