MISSISSIPPI RIVER BELLE

Through the Mississippi River trenches Bayou close Plantation seen in the distance Cruising through Southern history’s past Battle and Struggle Civil War breakout Slavery quo Acceleration having a slow pace Rebel among the multitude of voices Southern accent Freedom thought The need being a slow proceed Won’t, Can’t, Shouldn’t and total stand still The vision of slaves being compelled to function on the many plantations sun up to sun down Breezes were only a wave with a fan Mississippi River far and wide Shores yonder Banjos setting the tone for boundaries forbidden Folklore testimonies Singing and dancing through the circumstances Slaves praying every chance Only Slaves knew the trouble they seen Having the understanding I mean Southern drawl components Mouth to Mouth The Mississippi River belle telling how the Mississippi River being the passage way in bringing Slaves for plantation purposes Mississippi River ever wise Southern element no surprise Beyond the spectacle, but slaves had to succumb having no surrender, but ordinance.

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