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(Author's Note: This website presents ongoing research into the song Follow the Drinking Gourd and its cultural history. Citations, Bibliography and Author's Acknowledgements are all forthcoming.)
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www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/
www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/
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Follow the Drinking Gourd has been recorded almost 200 times. This sampler includes representative versions that demonstrate the different ways the song has been performed for over 50 years.
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www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/Appendix_Recordings.htm
www.followthedrinkinggourd.org/Appendix_Recordings.htm
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Explanation of "Follow the Drinking Gourd" ... The song and its translation are as follows: ... When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, Follow the Drinking Gourd. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom, If you follow the Drinking Gourd.
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quest.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html
quest.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html
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Perhaps no song is more closely associated with the Underground Railroad than this one. To follow the North Star was the message embedded in this spiritual; instructions are included in the song to follow the points of the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper) to the brightest star, which is the North Star. ... A one-legged sailor,
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www.osblackhistory.com/drinkinggourd.php
www.osblackhistory.com/drinkinggourd.php
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Follow the Drinkin' Gourd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Drinkin' Gourd is another name for the Big Dipper asterism. Folklore has it that fugitive slaves in the United States used to use it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. The aster...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow_the_Drinkin'_Gourd
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FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD DECODED ... When he wasn't working he taught the slaves this song containing a secret escape route to freedom in the North.
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www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7026
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This famous song helped tell escaping slaves how to find their way northward to freedom. Our presentation offers the song one verse at a time, with questions after each verse that your students might like to think about.
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www.teachersfirst.com/share/ugrr/ftdg.html
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When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, Follow the Drinking Gourd. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom, If you follow the Drinking Gourd. ... The river ends between two hills, Follow the Drinking Gourd. There's another river on the other side, Follow the Drinking Gourd.
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www.teachervision.fen.com/music/activity/9406.html
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Follow the Drinking Gourd. For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom; If you follow the Drinking Gourd. The riverbank makes a very good road. The dead trees will show you the way. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, Follow the Drinking Gourd.
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education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/l...
education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/lyrics_follow.htm
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