Videogyan kids shows cartoon animation for kids recommended for you. He talks about how africanamericans risked their lives for freedom, and discusses how the music from slavery times effected the african culture. When tommys father comes home, they hide the runaways in a. In 1995, this book formed the narrative core of a planetarium show coproduced by the new jersey state. The paperback edition of this story is item 820537, available separately contents. They are following the drinking gourd, a constellation in the northern sky that points the way to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd great falls school music. Legend has it that follow the drinking gourd was a code song that helped slaves escape by way of the underground railroad. Follow on the lyric sheet and listen to follow the drinking gourd show visual of dippers and gourd p. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928.
For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Written by peg leg joe it is an ingenious song that was taught. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter, paperback. Merlin harmonia mundi, the orchard music, merlin idla distribution on behalf of dixiefrog. Reading rainbow follow the drinking gourd tv episode. Each year when the quails migrated south, the slaves were told to begin their journey northward, which entailed crossing the unnavigable ohio river. While the video is appealing, the drinking gourd story itself has by now been thoroughly discredited. Then we do a discussion about the differences between the book and movie main character of the book is a boy, etc. Roger mcguinn follow the drinking gourd lyrics genius. Now the river bank makes a mighty good road, the dead trees will show you the way.
While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Follow the drinking gourd was supposedly used by engineers in the underground railroad to direct slaves to freedom. But there were no recordings, even though the lomax book was wellknown to. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd the riverbank makes a very good road. Follow the drinking gourd is a historical fiction book about slavery.
Follow the drinking gourd night sky stories robert squier. Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost. In code, the drinking gourd stood for the big dipper, the wellknown constellation which it resembles. Editions of follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. This is a story about the underground railroad in the precivil war days of 1840 when africans began to break the cruel. When the sun comes back and the first quail calls, follow the drinking gourd. It was too swift and wide to cross, except in winter, when it was frozen and slaves could walk to the other shore on the ice. The ensemble accompanying it includes several types of guitar, banjo, and a virtuoso harmonica player. There are questions about its authenticity, but if accurate, drinking.
The weavers listen first commercially released recording of the song. A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the songs directions. It was reprinted in 1934 in american ballads and folk songs by john a. Also useful for an adult faith discussion on liberation theology. This engagingly illustrated picture book tells the story of peg leg joe. In 1988, author jeanette winter turned the song into a wellreceived childrens book.
While working forplantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinkinggourd the big dipper. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment follow the drinking gourd richie havens songs of the civil war. The drinking gourd alludes to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves and other rural americans as a water dipper. This book can give children the scaffolding they need to begin to learn about such a large and complex topic. Tommy learns that his father has hidden the family in the barn until he can take them across the river at night. He would help the slave owner around the plantation but then at night he would teach the slaves who worked on the plantation a song that would lead them to freedom. An old white sailor named peg leg joe wanted to help free the slaves. Follow the drinking gourd has been recorded almost 200 times. Levar reflects on a time when africans were brought to america as slaves. Follow the drinking gourd this song is the story of how peg leg joe would lead slaves to freedom by following the underground railroad directions hidden in the song. The title of this inspiring story is the title of an important folk song from a troubled part of our nations history. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Music by taj mahal, illustrated by yvonne buchanan. Once in canada, slaves gained their freedom and were no longer an object owned by a master.
For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom. Based on the traditional american folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one familys escape from slavery via the underground railroad, capturing all the drama of a perilous flight to freedom. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Chicago international childrens film festival award. Legend has it that a man called peg leg joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom, and they used the big dipper. No slave ever heard this song, sang it, or followed the drinking gourd lyrics to escape because the lyrics and chorus were written by lee hays and first published in 1947, nearly 80 years after the end of the civil war. The old man is a waiting for to carry you to freedom, follow the drinking gourd. Richie havens follow the drinking gourd lyrics genius. Follow the drinking gourd paperback by jeanette winter a great story of following directions if you look at its simplest form.
Follow the drinking gourd theres another river on the other side when the tombigbee ended, the slaves were told to continue northward, over the hills, to the tennessee river where the underground. I watch it after reading the short chapter book the drinking gourd. This book is a great entry way into slavery for children. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. The lyrics gave secret directions that were taught to the slaves by a one legged sailor named peg leg joe. Keith david reads the featured story, which explains that the africanamerican folk song, follow the drinking gourd, was in. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aidsslaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourdafrican american spiritual. This dvd tells the story of runaway slaves who journey north along the underground railroad by following directions in the song the drinking gourd. More big dipper information found pasted to the back side of the big dipper seven sheet back cover information on harriet tubman and abraham lincoln. Monjo 19241978 won the national book award for poor richard in france but is perhaps best remembered for his book the drinking gourd. Used here it is a code name for the big dipper star.
The one black boy is following the drinking gourd big dipper to find his way north to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd book authorstream presentation. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd for the old man is awaitin to carry you to freedom follow the drinking gourd when the sun goes back. The drinking gourd, otherwise known as the big dipper, helped to lead slaves to canada. Clip from 1992 video animation told by morgan freeman.
The riverbank makes a very good road, the dead trees will show you the way. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. Digital story describing the code behind the song follow the drinking gourd. Indian summer, illustrated by anita lobel, and the one bad thing about father, illustrated by.
Follow the drinking gourd the underground railroad. A couple, their son, and two others make their escapeby following the songs directions. Other verses go into greater detail about following the. It inspired a wellreceived novel of the same name by the southern writer, frances gaither, in 1940. We enjoy audio books and this one did not disappoint. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. For the old man is waiting to carry you to freedom. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. Follow the drinking gourd follow the drinking gourd for the old man is a waitin for to carry you to freedom follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinkin gourd, we gonna follow the drinking gourd is from the woodum original.
The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. See more ideas about underground railroad, five in a row and black history. Follow the drinking gourdis part of the emmy awardwinning reading rainbow series hosted by levar burton. This will lead you to some good questions relating to the book plus a lot of good material relating to codes found in quilts of the period. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on, follow the drinking gourd. They follow it, for it always points to the north star, which can guide them north as they travel at night, the safest time. I love this book but it was misprinted and full lines are missingchopped from the story. Follow the drinking gourd is an american folk song from the 1920s. Follow the drinking gourd the folk song that led to freedom duration. According to legend, the song was used by a conductor of the underground railroad, called peg leg joe, to guide some fugitive slaves. Rich paintings interpret the strong storyin a clean, primitive.
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