Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song from the 1920s. Legend has it that a man called Peg Leg Joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom. They used the constellation the Big Dipper and the North Star to guide the way.
Language
English
Pages
24
Format
Hardcover
Release
July 01, 2012
ISBN 13
9781404873759
Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story (Night Sky Stories)
Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song from the 1920s. Legend has it that a man called Peg Leg Joe taught slaves the song to help them escape to freedom. They used the constellation the Big Dipper and the North Star to guide the way.