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Gone But Not Forgotten

from Big Mystery by Dana and Susan Robinson

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Written by Lui Collins in Raleigh, North Carolina for the Oberlin Village Cemetery - the first freed-slave cemetery in NC.

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Gone but Not Forgotten


John Dunston rose before the dawn
   
Gone to a brighter home

He burned the kiln till past sundown
   
Where grief cannot come
       
Gone but not forgotten



He slaved for his master half his span
   
Gone to a brighter home

The other half a freed man
   
Where grief cannot come
       
Gone but not forgotten



Oberlin Village in brambled row
   
Gone to a brighter home

tended by four black crows
   
Where grief cannot come



In a sunken grave John Dunston lies
   
Gone to a brighter home

As city traffic rumbles by
   
Where grief cannot come



Soft shade of oak and maple tall
   
Gone to a brighter home

O'er shadowed by a towering wall
   
Where grief cannot come



Where loyal hearts and true
   
Stand ever in the light

All rapture through and through
   
In God's most holy sight
       
Gone but not forgotten

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from Big Mystery, released August 10, 2009

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"From Cabot, Vermont – Americana-roots and folk duo, Dana and Susan Robinson combine vivid, songwriting with fiddle tunes, oldtime banjo, elegant melodies, and rich harmony singing."

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