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"Oh, Freedom" is a post-Civil War African-American freedom song. It is often associated with the American Civil Rights Movement, with Odetta, who recorded it as part of the "Spiritual Trilogy", on her ''Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues'' album, and with Joan Baez, who performed the song at the 1963 March on Washington. Baez has since performed the song live numerous times, both during her concerts and at other events. The song was first recorded in 1931 by the E. R. Nance Family with Clarence Dooley as "Sweet Freedom". Some versions of the fourth verse contain the line "No more tommin'," where the word ''tommin'' is a derogatory term denoting some black men's extreme submissiveness towards a white person or white people. The word seems to have been derived from Harriet Beecher Stowe's fictitious character ''Uncle Tom'' in ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. These words are not part in the traditional verses, but a later addition, itself part of folk tradition in the USA, in which extra verses are added to traditional songs to highlight different personal feelings, agendas, or lyrical. Invention ==Lyrics== “Oh Freedom” :Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom over me :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free :No more moaning, no more moaning, no more moaning over me :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free :No more weeping, no more weeping, no more weeping over me :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free. :Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom over me :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free :There'll be singin', there'll be singin', there'll be singin' over :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free :There'll be glory, there'll be glory, there'll be glory over me :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free :Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom over me :And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave :And go home to my Lord and be free In the Barry Goldwater Campaign, words were changed to be "And before I'd be a slave, I'll see Barry in his grave and go fight for my rights and be free." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oh, Freedom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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