Poetry
Many Thousand Gone
Many Thousand Gone was a popular African-American song during the Civil War, sung by slaves fleeing plantations and heading to the Union Army camps.
No more auction block for me,
No more, no more;
No more auction block for me,
Many thousand gone.
No more peck of corn for me,
No more, no more;
No mroe peck of corn for me,
Many thousand gone.
No more driver’s lash for me,
No more, no more;
No more driver’s lash for me,
Many thousand gone.
No more pint o’ salt for me,
No more, no more;
No more pint o’ salt for me,
Many thousand gone.
No more hundred lash for me,
No more, no more;
No more hundred lash for me,
Many thousand gone.
