Six Songs on Liberty and Slavery - V. On Liberty and Slavery (六首歌曲的自由和奴役 - 第五乐章 关于自由和奴役) (African American Poets in Song)-Steven Kimbrough/Mary K. Jackson/Maureen Kelly

[ti:Six Songs on Liberty and Slavery : V. On Liberty and Slavery (African American Poets in Song)] [ar:Steven Kimbrough/Mary K. Jackson/Maureen Kelly] [al:Songs of Freedom, Justice & Peace] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]V. On Liberty and Slavery (第五乐章 关于自由和奴役) (African American Poets in Song) - Steven Kimbrough/Mary K. Jackson/Maureen Kelly [00:12.83]Alas and am I born for this [00:18.30]To wear this slavish chain [00:24.03] [00:24.64]Deprived of all created bliss [00:30.94]Through hardship toil and pain [00:37.15]How long have I in bondage lain [00:42.56] [00:43.10]And languished to be free [00:48.89]Alas and must I still complain [00:54.50]Deprived of liberty [00:59.89] [01:00.75]Oh Heaven and is there no relief [01:06.13]This side the silent grave [01:11.68]To soothe the pain to quell the grief [01:17.63]And anguish of a slave [01:23.24] [01:23.76]Come Liberty thou cheerful sound [01:30.40]Roll through my ravished ears [01:36.97]Come let my grief in joys be drowned [01:43.25]And drive away my fears [01:50.14]Say unto foul oppression Cease [01:55.12] [01:55.87]Ye tyrants rage no more [02:02.19]And let the joyful trump of peace [02:07.33]Now bid the vassal soar [02:13.57] [02:14.45]Soar on the pinions of that dove [02:21.33]Which long has cooed for thee [02:28.69]And breathed her notes from Afric's grove [02:35.24]The sound of Liberty [02:42.16] [02:43.08]Oh Liberty thou golden prize [02:48.11]So often sought by blood [02:51.82] [02:52.41]We crave thy sacred sun to rise [02:56.94] [02:57.46]The gift of nature's God [03:01.78] [03:02.30]Bid Slavery hide her haggard face [03:07.20]And barbarism fly [03:11.84]I scorn to see the sad disgrace [03:16.04]In which enslaved I lie [03:20.85] [03:32.63]Dear Liberty upon thy breast [03:37.30]I languish to respire [03:42.68]And like the Swan unto her nest [03:47.14]Like to thy smiles retire [03:52.39] [04:06.46]Oh blest asylum heavenly balm [04:11.18] [04:11.71]Unto thy boughs I flee [04:17.92] [04:18.47]And in thy shades the storm shall calm [04:23.03] [04:23.58]With songs of Liberty