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Composed by Miss Martha Hill New York: Horace Waters, 1854. at their concerts throughout the Union.] De Fader ob de waters, rolls His deep and muddy tide, By de grassy grave where Eva sleeps, De people say she died, Truth crush'd to the earth will rise again, So Massa Bryant said, And Eva's only sleeping, Tho' de people say she's dead. [CHORUS:] Knock! Knock! Knock! When de hour ob midnight come-- Oh who is dat a knocking? Tis the Ghost of "Uncle Tom." Oh! de nigger's only made to work, De suddern people say; And de nigger's berry willing, but He wants to hab his pay; So he swims across de ribber, And he flies across de plain; But de northern people catch him, And dey ribbit on his chains! CHORUS Oh! one ob dese times Dere will come a solemn day, When de sheep will go together, And de goats together stay, Der'l be many brack sheep, And many white goats; So dey better "pluck de beams out" Before dey pluck de motes. CHORUS Oh! dere is a railroad "underground," On which de nigger slopes, And when he's got his ticket, Den his bosom's full of hope: De Engine never whistles And de Cars dey make no noise, But dey carry off de nigger And his wife and little boys. CHORUS De Parson in de pulpit, And de Merchant in de Store, De Statesman in de Cabinet, De Speaker on de Floor, Dey talk de subject ober, And dey make it berry plain, But when dey go to bed at night, Dey want it fix'd again. For CHORUS But bye and bye de people Deir errors dey will see; Dey'l beat de chains to ploughshares, And dey'l hold a jubilee; And de mother will be happy, When she gaze upon her boy, And de "Fader ob de Waters, He will roll along in joy." [CHORUS:] And de people dey will listen When de hour of midnight come But dey'll hear no more de knocking Of the Ghost of "Uncle Tom." |
PERFORMED BY GLIMPSE OF GLORY LEAD VOCAL: David Tate CHORUS: Constance Harrington (Soprano) Kay Buchanan (Alto) David Tate (Tenor) James Stewart (Bass) PIANO: Lynne Mackey Recorded by Bill Dudley Produced by Bill Wellington Harrisonburg, Virginia Audio encoding at the Digital Media Lab, Clemons Library, University of Virginia  Special Collections, University of Virginia |