Title: American Old Time Song Lyrics
Subject: Traditional & Folk Music
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk
Keywords: Old time music, American, oldtimey, bluegrass

The Slave's Dream - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
THE SLAVE'S DREAM. 
I had a dream, a happy dream, I dreamed that I was free. And in my own bright land again there was a home for me; Savannah's tied rushed bravely on, I saw wave roll o'er wave. And when in full delight I awoke, I found myself a slave-And when in full delight I awoke, I found myself a slave. 
I never knew a mother's love, though happy were my days; 'Twas by my own dear father's side I sung my simple lays; He died, and heartless strangers came, and o'er him closed the grave; They tore me, weeping, from his side, and claimed me as a slave-They tore me, weeping, from his side, and claimed me as a slave. 
And this was in a Christian land, where men oft kneel and pray, The vaunted home of liberty, where whip and lash Hold sway. Oh, give me back my Georgian cot-it is not wealth I crave; Oh, let me live in freedom's light, or die If still a slave-Oh, let me live in freedom's light, or die if still a slave.