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JUNE 23rd,2007
The Inward Drums
By Lewis Colyar
When I sailed from home bound hand
and foot
I was only a twig chopped from the tree
deeply rooted
Bound hand and foot I began to sing,
but my voice was silence by the whip's
sting
With no drum in this strange land my body
became my drum
Patting Juba from field to field I began to sing
and hum
During the night I can hear the tree crying
for me
When mornings come I beat upon my body
that I will soon be free.
(c)
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Juba
A group dance, probably of West African origin, characterized by complex rhythmic clapping and body movements and practiced on plantations in the southern United States during the 18th and 19th centuries
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