Slaves
Sound of Drums: Based on Les Miserables
Sound of Drums
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
The day is past.
The dead are dead.
Their lives for naught.
Rebellion, they led.
Their Freedom!,
Never was.
Their Freedom!,
Will never be.
Slaves, chains, sound of drums.
Slaves, chains, sound of drums.
Slaves, chains, sound of drums.
Slaves, chains, sound of drums.
The time is past.
The slaves are slaves.
Their lives ruled by law.
The rebellion, did not last.
Their bravery, their flaw.
Their Freedom!,
Never was.
Their Freedom!,
Will never be.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Smoke, ashes, sound of drums.
Caesar And Crassus
Black Galleys
The race of the moon-beasts
Inhabit the far side of the Moon.
Sailing Earth's Dreamlands,
In sinister black galleys,
Trading for gold and slaves.
Hideous to look upon,
Concealing themselves below decks
When they come into the port
Of the ever-beautiful Dreamlands.
One I recall is Dylath-Leen,
Whom no man has ever seen.
The horned-men of Leng,
Take care of all trading marks.
The galleys take the slaves
To an island in the Cerenerian Sea
Called the Nameless rock,
Where they are tortured till eternity.
The evil vessel galleys
Sail off the edge of the world
Past the great cataract in the west,
And through the gulf
That separates the Earth from the Moon.
Olaudah Equiano
Slave traders came to Africa on a quest.
On a quest for slaves.
Here the slave traders found Olaudah Equiano and his sister,
And they kidnapped them.
They took them and separated them from their families.
Olaudah Equaino and his sister were brought to
a grab and go auction .
Here they were to be sold.
Oh no!
Here come the slave owners.
Slave owners, looking around,
Looking
Searching
Searching for slaves.
“There!”
A slave owner cries out.
He has seen Olaudah Equiano and likes what he sees.
Smirking can be seen in his eyes,
When he buys Olaudah Equiano.