My name is Hannah Reynolds
I live here in Virginia
I cook and keep the house clean
I am a slave
My master Doctor Coleman
Lives west of Appomattox
He treats me well and kindly
I am his slave
And the war came to the east
from Mannasas to Petersburg
And they sent their boys to die
600,000 and more we heard
While we lived a peaceful life
My name is Hannah Reynolds
My husband he lives with me
I clean he does the hard work
We are both slaves
My master Dr. Coleman
Heard the guns firing
He left with his wife and daughter
But not with his slaves
And the war came to our town
At night they fought with bayonets and horses
At dawn on the ridge across the field
The soldiers fired cannons
On that final surrender day
And the war came to our house
Men running round with shouts and commands
The shot went through the door
It hit me and I faltered
there as I lay
My name is Hannah Reynolds
The soldiers could not heal me
Doctors treated me so kindly
Was I still a slave?
My name is Hannah Reynolds
I lived near Appomattox
Three days upon this earth
I was no slave
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