The enslaved were denied the thing they desired most: Freedom. And the idea of freedom was the community’s foremost preoccupation and focus of its music. The Negro Spiritual “Oh Freedom” is an affirmation to the state of liberty.
Oh freedom, oh freedom,
Oh freedom over me.
And before I’d be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave
And go home to my Lord and be free.
No more dogs biting me…
No more segregation…
Nothing but freedom…
No more shooting…
- February's Spiritual - “Lord, How Come Me Here?”
- March's Spiritual - “He Never Said A Mumblin Word”
- April's Spiritual - "Ride On, King Jesus"
- May's Spiritual - "Every Time I Feel The Spirit"
- June's Spiritual - “That Great Gettin’ Up Morning”
- July's Spiritual - "God Is A God"
- August's Spiritual - “Way Over In Beulah Land”
- September's Spiritual - "My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord"
- October's Spiritual - "Scandalize My Name"
- November's Spiritual - "In Bright Mansions Above"
- December's Spiritual - "Mary Had a Baby"
