This publication includes other songs from american history, a cd with recordings of. Follow the drinking gourd is a heartwarming tale about the risky lives of slaves seeking out freedom through the use of peg leg joes secret song. Slavery in the united states became illegal in the 1860s. 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 childrens books read aloud youtube. I planned to row follow the drinking gourd in february since its black history month emphasizing civil rights and treating others with love and kindness. An underground railroad story by cari meister adapter, robert squier illustrator follow the drinking. Follow the drinkin gourd, we gonna follow the drinking gourd is from the woodum original. Taj mahal in a story based on the traditional american folksong, morgan freeman recounts the compelling. For the g old man is d waiting to c carry you to d freedom em follow the d drinking em gourd. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Follow the drinking gourd is an american folk song from the 1920s. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud.
Digital story describing the code behind the song follow the drinking gourd. Map adapted from the educators guide to follow the drinking gourd, 1995. Jeanette winter by following the directions in a song, the drinking gourd, taught them by an old sailor named peg leg joe, runaway slaves. Follow the drinking gourd audiobook by rabbit ears. Morgan freeman a young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the star in the drinking gourd or big dipper that points to freedom. Children might also enjoy creating sound affects for this song. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter overdrive.
Audio and video versions of the story use the same text and illustrations and are narrated by morgan. The weavers listen first commercially released recording of the song. Looking through the lenses of history this book has a lot of. Follow the drinking gourd audiobook on cassette, 1993. This touching story captures the drama of a perilous flight to freedom. Before that, many slaves found their way north by following the big dipper, or the drinking gourd as they called it. Follow the drinking gourd and millions of other books are available for instant access. We enjoy audio books and this one did not disappoint. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the.
Will tommy fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style often in open. Legend has it that a man called peg leg joe taught slaves the song to help. That map is a song called follow the drinking gourd. The drinking gourd alludes to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves and other rural americans.
Follow the drinking gourd ebook by jeanette winter. This sampler includes representative versions that demonstrate the different ways the song has been performed for. Based on the traditional american folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one familys escape. When the tombigbee ended, slaves should go north over the hills until they came to another river, the tennessee river. Rabbit ears, morgan freeman, llc rabbit ears entertainment. Follow the drinking gourd is another tender story from rabbit ears american heroes and legends series and it masterfully details the story of how a family of african. The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. I used this book after reading a simple biography about harriet tubman and watching some utubes about the folk song follow the drinking gourd with an adult literacy class. Morgan freeman reads this story, accompanied by music by taj mahal.
Follow the drinking gourd by wim coleman overdrive. Follow the drinking gourd in the marketplace, home of music teaching ideas and music teaching resources for kindergarten through grade 8 school music. Then we do a discussion about the differences between the book and movie main character of the book is a boy, etc. Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourdafrican american spiritual. Previous explanations of the drinking gourd song whatever their accuracy at least had the virtue of being internally consistent and neatly compelling. The stars of the big dipper have led a runaway slave family to deacon fullers house, a stop on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd audiobook listen instantly. 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. Follow the drinking gourd has been recorded almost 200 times. 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. The drinking gourd is a code name for the big dipper star formation, which points to polaris, the pole star, and. Wonderful this book would be wonderful for children with background info from teachers or parents.
Based on the traditional american folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one familys escape from slavery by way of the underground railroad. The underground railroad meant freedom for many in the years before emancipation, and it had a map. Follow the drinking gourd childrens books read aloud duration. Editions of follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter. The true story of follow the drinking gourd casandersdotnet. Leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Rabbit ears has done it again with their new audio cds that came out since 2006. A free community for sharing instructional videos and content for teachers and students. Follow the drinking gourd audiobook on cassette, 1990.
Follow the drinking gourd was a song created by enslaved african americans. I was able to use the storyline to share some of the personal challenges families faced being. The old man in this chorus was peg leg joe, a sailorturnedcarpenter who had lost part of his right leg in an accident at sea. Henris scissors with audio recording ebook by jeanette winter, jeanette. Follow the drinking gourd the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd decoded a follow the em drinking gourd. The lyrics themselves act as instructions for runaway slaves, with the drinking gourd serving as a.
This time, this audio cd features two tales about africanamericans making history in america. Lee hayss follow the drinking gourd lyrics appear at the beginning. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter scholastic. Rabbit ears, morgan freeman, rabbit ears entertainment, llc. Read follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter available from rakuten kobo. An underground railroad story by cari meister adapter, robert squier illustrator follow the drinking gourd is an american folk song from the 1920s.
They follow it, for it always points to the north star, which can guide them north as. Follow the drinking gourd was originally published as an american folk song in 1928. Follow the drinking gourd, told by morgan freeman with music by taj mahal. The river bank makes a mighty good road, dead trees will show you the way. Based on the traditional american folksong, this compelling tale recounts. Based on the traditional american folksong, this compelling tale recounts the daring adventures of one familys escape from slavery via the underground railroad. Taj mahal, musician a young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the. In code, the drinking gourd stood for the big dipper, the wellknown constellation which it resembles. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd.
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