Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stuff

Wasn’t scared of nothing neither

Didn’t come in this world to be no slave

And wasn’t going to stay one either

“Farewell!” she sang to her friends one night

She was mighty sad to leave ’em

But she ran away that dark, hot night

Ran looking for her freedom

She ran to the woods and she ran through the woods

With the slave catchers right behind her

And she kept on going till she got to the North

Where those mean men couldn’t find her

Nineteen times she went back South

To get three hundred others

She ran for her freedom nineteen times

To save Black sisters and brothers

Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stuff

Wasn’t scared of nothing neither

Didn’t come in this world to be no slave

And didn’t stay one either

And didn’t stay one either

A little girl born into slavery,

Araminta Ross was her given name.

This little girl possessed great bravery.

Her leadership would gain her lasting fame.

She was born during Eighteen Twenty-Two.

Minty was her nickname during childhood.

When she married, she wanted something new.

She thought Harriet Tubman sounded good!

In Eighteen Forty-Nine she would go North,

But she didn’t stay away from the South.

She made a plan to travel back and forth,

Helping others escape by word of mouth.

Harriet Tubman was one-of-a-kind,

Leading others to live life unconfined.

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