follow the drinking gourd | Follow the Drinkin' Gourd

Keyword	CPC	PCC	Volume	Score	Length of keyword
follow the drinking gourd	1.06	0.6	2527	43	25
follow	1.86	0.8	7446	48	6
the	1.1	0.3	972	97	3
drinking	0.59	0.8	218	6	8
gourd	0.83	0.3	8628	20	5

Keyword	CPC	PCC	Volume	Score
follow the drinking gourd	0.16	0.3	8446	36
follow the drinking gourd lyrics	1.33	0.1	6201	82
follow the drinking gourd song	0.57	0.6	1395	36
follow the drinking gourd meaning	0.13	0.5	5627	22
follow the drinking gourd book	1.53	0.1	1090	92
follow the drinking gourd pdf	0.65	0.1	5321	86
follow the drinking gourd history	1.59	0.3	6580	41
follow the drinking gourd youtube	1.81	0.3	9770	50
follow the drinking gourd map	0.66	0.9	5326	7
follow the drinking gourd read aloud	0.93	1	7422	32
follow the drinking gourd printable	1.38	0.6	3820	41
follow the drinking gourd story	0.22	0.8	5565	64
follow the drinking gourd chords	1.06	0.8	4749	89
follow the drinking gourd song history	1.61	0.7	9579	81
reading rainbow follow the drinking gourd	1.54	0.8	3031	51
follow the drinking gourd song lyrics	1.41	0.9	9019	79

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Follow the Drinkin' Gourd - Wikipedia
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WEBFollow the Drinking Gourd is an African-American folk song first published in 1928. The "drinking gourd" is another name for the Big Dipper asterism. Folklore has it that enslaved people in the United States used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost during their journey of escape to the North and to freedom.

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"Follow the Drinking Gourd": A Cultural History
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WEBThe American folksong Follow the Drinking Gourd was first published in 1928. The Drinking Gourd song was supposedly used by an Underground Railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from Mobile, Alabama to the Ohio River and freedom.

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North Star to Freedom - U.S. National Park Service
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WEBJul 9, 2018 · Follow the Drinking Gourd was a popular African American folksong composed decades after the War and based on these anecdotes that memorialized the significance of these stars. The night sky is a canvas of stories that links us to this past. National parks are among the best places to see the stars and hear these stories.

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What the Lyrics Mean - Follow the Drinking Gourd
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WEB"Follow the Drinking Gourd" is from the Woodum original. The "drinking gourd" alludes to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves (and other rural Americans) as a water dipper. Used here it is a code name for the Big Dipper star formation, which points to Polaris, the Pole Star, and North.

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Follow the Drinking Gourd - YouTube
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WEBFeb 24, 2012 · 4.24K subscribers. Subscribed. 11K. 2M views 12 years ago. According to American folklore, this song was a "musical" map which led fugitive slaves north to freedom. For a history of the song, see...

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Follow the Drinking Gourd – African American Civil War Memorial …
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WEBFollow the Drinking Gourd. Winter’s story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song’s directions.

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Follow The Drinkin' Gourd by Traditional - Songfacts
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WEBFollow The Drinkin' Gourd by Traditional song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position.

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Cultural History - Follow the Drinking Gourd
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WEBCultural History. 1934 to 1947. The song did not initially make a big impression. It was reprinted in 1934 in American Ballads and Folk Songs by John A. and Alan Lomax. It inspired a well-received novel of the same name by the southern writer, Frances Gaither, in …

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"Follow the Drinking Gourd" — African American Civil War Museum
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WEBJan 27, 2022 · While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions. Download PDF. OBJECTIVE.

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Songs of the Underground Railroad : Harriet Tubman
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WEBFollow the Drinking Gourd. This song suggests escaping in the spring as the days get longer. It also refers to quails which start calling each other in April. The drinking gourd is a water dipper which is a code name for the Big Dipper …

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