Question

Which topic is shared by "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Go Down, Moses"

the joy of travel


desire for liberty


historical lessons


religious piety

Question 2
Which lines from "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Go Down, Moses" relate to a desire for liberty? select correct answers

"Tell old Pharaoh / 'Let my people go!'"


"The river bank will make a very good road, / The dead trees show you the way,"


"Go down, Moses, / Way down in Egypt land"


"For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom"

Question 3
Read the lyrics to "Go Down Moses," then answer the question.

Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go.
When Israel was in Egypt land
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharaoh
"Let my people go."
"Thus saith the Lord," bold Moses said,
"Let my people go;
If not I'll smite your first-born dead,
Let my people go."
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt land,
Tell old pharaoh
"Let my people go!"
"Go Down, Moses" is filled with biblical allusions. Based on your knowledge of how spirituals incorporated coded language and symbols in their lyrics, interpret these allusions.

Who are the speaker's "people"? Who is "Moses"? What place is represented by "Egypt"? Who is "Pharaoh"?

The South where American enslaved people mostly were


A present-day person who was willing to help lead enslaved people to freedom. Example a conductor or the underground railroad like Harriot Tubman.


Someone who has the power to keep people in bondage. Example, an enslaver.


other enslaved people

1.
Who are the speaker's "people"?

2.
Who is "Moses"?

3.
What place is represented by "Egypt"?

4.
Who is "Pharaoh"?

Answer 1

Answer:

for 1 and 2

Explanation:

the desire for liberty and "For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom"

"Tell old Pharaoh / 'Let my people go!'"

Answer 2

In both songs, there is a desire for liberty. We can see this through the lines "Tell old Pharaoh / 'Let my people go!'" and "For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom". The biblical terms allude to people and places in the South of America.

"Follow the Drinking Gourd" and "Go Down, Moses" are folk songs that slaves in America sang. Its origin and authors are unknown.

The shared theme in both songs is the desire for liberty. In "Go Down, Moses," the desire for liberty is symbolised with Moses and how he guided the people who believe in Jesus to the promised land. Also, how they fought against Egyptians and their Pharaoh.

• The slaves are the people

• Moses represents the leader who guided some slaves to a safe land where they could be free.

• The old Pharaoh is the slaves' owner. Someone with power, money and white.

• Egypt represents the South of America, where the majority of the fields with slaves were

In the case of "Follow the Drinking Gourd," the song is telling instructions to go to a land where slaves can be free.

• The phrase "For the old man is a-waiting for to carry you to freedom" refers to someone on the underground railroad who fugitive slaves should look for when they arrive at a point in their journey, someone who will guide them.

• The line "The riverbank will make a very good road, / The dead trees show you the way" refers to the instructions that the fugitive slaves should follow, which is to go in the direction of the river.

In conclusion, the two songs talk about freedom and the desire to get it. The songs have hidden messages or allusions. In other words, they encode a deeper meaning, one is a protest song, and the other is one with a strategy that slaves had to follow to escape through an underground network that leads them to safe places and free lands.

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