Follow the Drinking Gourd

When the Sun comes back And the first quail calls Follow the drinking gourd, For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom If you follow the drinking gourd The riverbank makes a very good road. The dead trees will show you the way. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, Follow the drinking gourd. The river ends between two hills Follow the drinking gourd. There’s another river on the other side Follow the drinking gourd. When the great big river meets the little river Follow the drinking gourd. For the old man is a-waiting for to carry to freedom If you follow the drinking gourd.