Tight little island/When the Hollow Drum, &c.
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- When the hollow drum, &c.
When the hollow drum has beát to bed ;
When the little fifer hangs his head;
- Still and mute,
- The Moorish flute,
- Still and mute,
- And nodding guards watch wearily;
- Then will we,
- From prison free,
- Then will we,
- March out by moon-light cheerily.
When the Moorish cymbals clash by day ;
When the brazen trumpet's shrilly bray;
- The slave, in vain,
- May then complain,
- The slave, in vain,
Of tyranny and knavery.
- Would he know,
- His time to go,
- Would he know,
And slily slip from ’slavery—-
’Tis when the hollow drum has beat to bed ;
When the little fifer hangs his head ;
- Still and mute,
- The Moorish flute,
- Still and mute,
And nodding guards watch wearily;
- Oh! then must he,
- From prison free,
- Oh! then must he,
- March out by moonlight cheerily.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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