Young man,
Follow the drinking gourd
In the sky.

Young man
follow that drinking gourd
And the shackles will be no more.

Young man,
The drinking gourd
Is your way to freedom.

Young man,
Follow the drinking gourd
And you will be called "free man".

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Note: This poem is in reference
to the pre Civil War era at the
time of the Underground Railroad
for runaway slaves. The drinking
gourd is referring to the Big
Dipper in the northern sky.