Marvin Hayes sings "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
December 16, 2017
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1:36Now PlayingMarvin Hayes sings "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
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as posted by the channelPeg Leg Joe, a legendary white leader of the Underground Railroad, organized the escape of Negroes from various plantations. The words to this tune were used by the freeing slaves as a guide to the path they were to follow: "the drinking gourd" -- signifying the Big Dipper pointing north; "great big river" -- the river route northward; and "left foot peg foot traveling on" -- a conventionalized symbol representing Peg Leg's wooden leg that was used to mark the road to freedom.
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