AIR--Long, long ago.
Where are the friends that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago--long ago!
Where are the hopes that my heart used to cheer?
Long, long ago--long ago!
I am degraded, for man was my foe,
Friends that I loved in the grave are laid low,
All hope of freedom hath fled from me now,
Long, long ago--long, long ago!
Sadly my wife bowed her beautiful head--
Long, long ago--long ago!
O, how I wept when I found she was dead!
Long, long ago--long ago!
She was my angel, my love and pride--
Vainly to save her from torture I tried,
Poor broken heart! She rejoiced as she died,
Long, long ago--long, long ago!
Let me look back on the days of my youth--
Long, long ago--long ago!
Master withheld from me knowledge and truth--
Long, long ago--long ago!
Crushed all the hopes of my earliest day,
Sent me from father and mother away--
Forbade me to read, nor allowed me to pray--
Long, long ago--long, long ago!
FLIGHT OF THE BONDMAN.
DEDICATED TO WILLIAM W. BROWN
_And Sung by the Hutchinsons_