- Follow the drinking gourd,
Follow the drinking gourd,
For the old man is waiting
- for to carry you to freedom
- If you follow the drinking gourd
- When the sun comes back
- and the first quail calls,
- Follow the drinking gourd,
For the old man is waiting
- for to carry you to freedom
- If you follow the drinking gourd
- The riverbank will make a very good road,
The dead trees show you the way,
Left foot, peg foot traveling on,
Following the drinking gourd.
- The river ends between two hills,
Follow the drinking gourd,
There's another tree on the other side,
Follow the drinking gourd.
- Where the great big river meets the little river,
Follow the drinking gourd,
The old man is waiting,
- for to carry you to freedom
- If you follow the drinking gourd
Two Tickets To Freedom lesson.
