Sadness of the Slaves

Tied up in chains and fear I want my mummy as she shed a tear Only three years of age and in her own At the bottom of the ship wanting to go home Up for auction that very next day She couldn't understand a word they would say Sold to the man at the back of the crowd Who came to greet her grinning and proud The stranger grabbed her hand leading the way To were she would be working night and day When she was exhausted and could work no more She would get a whipping and fall to the floor A year past and still know sign of mum But she still had faith praying she would come Her body so small in pain you could tell All this torture it felt like hell The hatred she felt sadness in her heart She just wanted her mummy and not to be apart Still she stayed strong through her nightmare days She thought all this horror may just be a phase So thin she was no food for her She realised how life could be so unfair Because they thought she was different black was her skin But she new the nasty men were living in sin She had had enough it was time to say goodbye She new her mummy would be waiting in the sky She closed her eyes and imagined mummy's face Knowing she was going to a much happier place