"Molasses to Rum" - 1776
Molasses to rum to slaves
Oh, what a beautiful waltz
You dance with us, we dance with you
In molasses and rum and slaves
Who sail the ships out of Boston
Laiden with bibles and rum?
Who drinks a toast to the Ivory Coast?
Hail, Africa, the slavers have come!
New England, with bibles and rum
Then it's off with the rum and the bibles
Take on the slaves, clink-clink
Then hail and farewell to the smell
Of the African coast
Molasses to rum to slaves
'Tisn't morals, 'tis money that saves!
Shall we dance to the sound of the profitable pound
In molasses and rum and slaves?
Who sail the ships out of Guinea
Laiden with bibles and slaves?
'Tis Boston can toast to the West Indies coast
Jamaica, we've brung what ye craves
Antigua, Barbados, we've brung bibles and slaves!
Molasses to rum to slaves
Who sail the ships back to Boston
Laiden with gold? See it gleam!
Whose fortunes are made in the triangle trade?
Hail, slavery! The New England dream
Mr. Adams, I give you a toast
Hail Boston, hail Charleston
Who stinketh the most?