Artist: Weavers
Author: trad. arr. Lee Hays
Label: Decca
Year: 1951
Underground Railroad song to help escaped slaves find their way to freedom. The Drinking Gourd is another name for Ursa Major (The Big Dipper), asterism by which Polaris (the North Star) can be easily located. Long as they fled in that direction they were safe.
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