Oh Freedom...

Ran across this today and wanted to share it. It is said to have been authored by Sarah Shepherd, mother of Ella Shepherd first pianist with Fisk Jubilee Singers ...also believed that she authored Swing Low Sweet Chariot...

O’ Freedom!

O’ freedom! O’ freedom!

O’ freedom over me!

And before I'd be a slave

I'll be buried in my grave

And go home to my Lord and be free

No more moanin'!  No more moanin’!

No more moanin’ over me

And before I’d be a slave

I’ll be buried in my grave

And go home to my Lord and be free

There'll be singin'

There’ll be singin’

There’ll be singin’ over me

And before I’d be a slave

I’ll be buried in my grave

And go home to my Lord and be free

There'll be shoutin'

There’ll be shoutin’

There’ll be shoutin’ over me

And before I’d be a slave

I’ll be buried in my grave

And go home to my Lord and be free

O’ freedom!  O’ freedom!

O’ freedom over me!

And before I'd be a slave

I'll be buried in my grave

And go home to my Lord and be free