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Follow the Drinking Gourd: An Underground Railroad Story (Night Sky Stories)

Publisher Picture Window Books
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ISBN / ASIN1404877142
ISBN-139781404877146
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank949,113
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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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, and they used the Big Dipper and the North Star to guide the way.