1. The poor old slave has gone to rest We know that he is free His bones, they lie, disturb them not Way down in Tennessee 2. The poor, poor old slave, slave has gone, gone to rest, rest We know, know that he, he is free, free, free His bones, bones, they lie, lie disturb, -turb them not, not Way down, down in Ten - enn - Tennessee, see, see 3. The pa - poor old sla - sla -slave, has gon - gone to re - rest We know, know that he, he is free, free, free His bo - bones they lie - lie, dis-turb, -turb them not, not Way dow - down in Ten -enn- Tennessee, see, see 4. The piggly-poor old sliggily-slave has giggily-gone to riggily-rest We kniggily-know that higgily-he is free, free, free His biggily-bones they leggily-lie dis-tiggily-turb them niggily-not Way diggily-down in Tiggily-Tennesee, see, see A...miggily...men!