Slave Narrative for the CSET

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song is:
Set down, set down, set down,
Set down, set down,
Set down, chile, set down.
Soul so happy till I kain’t set down.

Move de member, move Dan-u-el,
Move de member, move Dan-u-el.
Dan-u-el, member, don’ move so slow.
Dan-u-el, member, don’ move so slow.
Got on my rockin’ shoes, Dan-u-el.
Got on my rockin’ shoes, Dan-u-el.

Shoes gwine to rock me home,
Shoes gwine to rock me home, Dan-u-el,
Shoes gwine to rock me home, Dan-u-el,
Shoes gwine to rock me home, Dan-u-el,
Dan-u-el.

Shoes gwine to rock by faith,
Shoes gwine to rock by faith, Dan-u-el,
Shoes gwine to rock by faith, Dan-u-el.

Love de member, move Dan-u-el.
Love de member, move Dan-u-el.
Got on my starry crown, Dan-u-el.
Got on my starry crown, Dan-u-el.

“Dat’s all I kin tell you today, honey. Come back when dis misery leave my head and I gwine to think up some tales and old songs.

“But I didn’t never fool wid no hoodoo and no animal stories neither. I didn’t have no time for no sich foolishness. And I ain’t scared of nothin’ neither.
“I lives here wid my grandchile now on Mr. Bob Davis’ place. Us gits enough to eat, I reckon, but it’s tight, I tell you dat”!

By Shiela King

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Source: The American Slave, Supplement Series 1, Vol. 1: 13-16; see also The American Slave, Vol. 6: 92-94.

Source(s):Reuben, Paul P. “Chapter 1: Early American Literature to 1700 – A Brief Introduction.” PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide. WWW URL: http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap1/1intro.html

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