O Mary Don’t You Weep

"Mary Don't You Weep" is a Spiritual that originates from before the American Civil War. As such, scholars sometimes refer to it as a "slave song", "a label that describes their origins among the enslaved", and it contains "coded messages of hope and resistance". It is considered "one of the most important Negro spirituals". It is listed as number 11823 in the Roud Folk Song Index.

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