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i Was Born In Old Virginia, In Or Near The Valley, The Other Side Of Petersburg, Of Slave Parents, And I Can Just Call To Mind The Time When The War Began, For I Was Not Troubled Then About Wars, As I Was Feeling As Free As Any One Could Feel, For I Was Sought By All Of The Rich Whites Of The Neighborhood, As They All Loved Me, As Noble Whites Will Love A Child, Like I Was In Those Days, And They Would Send For Me If I Should Be At My Play And Have Me To Talk For Them, And All Of Their Friends Learned To Love Me And Send Me Presents, And I Would Stand And Talk And Preach For Some Time For Them.