The Slave's Lament

The Slave's Lament is a song first published in 1792 in Volume Four of the Scots Musical Museum.[1] Though not attributed, the lyrics are generally believed to have been written by Robert Burns.

Lyrics

It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral,

For the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O:

Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more;

And alas! I am weary, weary O:

Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more;

And alas! I am weary, weary O.


All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost,

Like the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O:

There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow,

And alas! I am weary, weary O:

There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow,

And alas! I am weary, weary O:


The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear,

In the lands of Virginia,-ginia, O;

And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear,

And alas! I am weary, weary O:

And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear,

And alas! I am weary, weary O.

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Slave's Lament". James Johnson. Retrieved 19 January 2014.

References

http://www.robertburns.org/works/371.shtml

http://sangstories.webs.com/slaveslament.htm

http://burnsc21.glasgow.ac.uk/the-slaves-lament-davina-pittock/

http://www.stewarthendrickson.com/songs/SlavesLament.html

http://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/songs/theslaveslament.html