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Stranger In A Strange Land

from Stolen From God by Reg Meuross

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On the 18th July 1807, six weeks after the abolition act of the 1st of May was passed in Parliament, General Rochambeau, a French officer on parole from Wincanton in Somerset, came to Moretonhampstead in Devon with Pierre Courpon, his black servant.

Fifteen months later
a marriage was announced in Treleaven’sdiary, Oct 17 1808 “The marriage of Pierre Courpon to Susanna Parker (a local girl) in 1808 was a great occasion for the town:“...The Bells rang merrily all day. From the novelty of this wedding, being the first Negro ever married in Moreton a great number assembled in the Church yard, and paraded down the street with them.”

Peter the Black, as he was known, was last seen according to records returning to France with his master although his family, including several children, are present in local Devon registers for years after, and Susanna and her daughter are buried in St Andrews churchyard.

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Stranger in a Strange Land
I’m a stranger in a strange land I’m a stranger in a strange land
Far from my family and far from my friends.
I’m a stranger in a strange land

They sent me to a western town
Got a pretty little suit got a side-drum and a flute

In England all brothers are free In England all sisters are free
To go just where you please and be who you wanna be

If I’m a free brother let me fly
They tell me all souls fly to the good lord when they die

Quit the army to work on the land
Didn’t take too long til I made myself some friends

I fell in love with a girl in this town a girl from this little Dartmoor town
All the country folk around say get wed and settle down
I fell in love with a girl from this town

I’m old now I wanna go home
I’m missing my old people I don’t wanna die alone

But I guess I’ll be buried in this town
We’re the same colour skin when we’re lying underground

I’m a stranger in a strange land I’m a stranger in a strange land
Far from my family and far from my friends.
I’m a stranger in a strange land

credits

from Stolen From God, released April 7, 2023
Reg: Vocal / Guitar / Banjo
Jali Fily Cissokho : Kora
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne: Concertina
Tom Jobling: Bass / Percussion
Reg / Cohen / Jaz Gayle / Katie Whitehouse: BVox

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The breadth and depth of Reg Meuross’s material is unparalleled in contemporary folk: songs about forgotten heroes, famous names, folk legends, the climate emergency, tales from the kitchen sink and news from the world stage; if something needs to be sung about then Reg Meuross has a song for it. ... more

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