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I Never Ran My Train Off the Track
And I never lost a passenger — Harriet Tubman
Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 110 Word Is Railroad.
A drabble is a work of fiction that is exactly 100 words, no more, no less. I hope you enjoy it. Please scroll and read for at least 30 seconds. Claps, highlights, and comments are optional but very appreciated.
“Swing low, sweet chariot,
Comin’ for to carry me home!I looked over Jordan and what did I see,
Comin’ for to carry me home!
A band of angels comin’ after me,
Comin’ for to carry me home!”
That sweet hymn drifted from the cotton fields when Josie, the house slave, said, “Massa, you should stop ’em singin’ dem songs.”
“Why would I? More cotton gets picked when they’re singing.”
“The Underground Railroad uses dem songs. Listen to the melody.
‘Left foot, peg foot, travelling on, follow the Drinking Gourd’.”
Josie never saw the rest of the crop come in.
