One of several anti-slavery songs by the abolitionist Benjamin R. Hanby, 1860.
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Lyrics
Chorus
Weep, zephyrs, weep in the midnight deep
Where the cypress and the vine sadly wave
I have taken down my banjo for I could not sleep
And I’m singing by my little Tillie’s grave
Chorus
Sleep Tillie, sleep! in the midnight deep
Where the cypress and the vine sadly wave
Let my fingers keep tumming and my fond heart weep
Till I die by my little Tillie’s grave
And he died by little Tillie’s grave
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