The New Emancipation Song
By Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst
Lyrics by R.A.T. 1864

1. Oh! Give the slaves their freedom, you surely do not need them, and no longer clothe and feed them, in these United States.

chorus: for they all sigh for freedom, they all sigh for freedom, for they all sigh for freedom in these United States.

2. Then the slave no longer belabor, but act the part of neighbor, and hire white men to labor in these United States.

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3. Already the salvation of our slave-holding nation demands emancipation of slaves in the States.

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4. Then renounce your cruel knavery of keeping men in slavery, for it's getting quite unsavory e'en in the border States.

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5. Oh, let not our free soil be degraded by the toil of the men whom you despoil in these United States.

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6. Release from bondage dreary each darkey and his deary, and don't send 'em to Liberi' from these United States.

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7. Esteem it but a fable that white men are not able to take the place of sable slaves in the States.

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8. And hire maids whose pretty faces the rose and lily graces to keep your pleasent places in these United States.

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9. If you wish to be commended let not slavery be extended, but it's reign quickly ended in these United States.

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