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The Long Song

And so did battle commence

And so did battle commence

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And so did battle commence.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:23
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
drama
Production
First Films

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Movie Summary

An adaptation of the award-winning novel by Andrea Levy. Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, following the trials, tribulations and survival of July and her odious mistress Caroline on a sugar plantation.
S01 • E01 Ow! That hurts! That's enough. - The Long Song 00:04
Ow! That hurts! That's enough.
S01 • E01 Didn't this dress used to have buttons on the sleeve? - The Long Song 00:04
Didn't this dress used to have buttons on the sleeve?
S01 • E01 No, no, that be the yellow dress you think of. - The Long Song 00:04
No, no, that be the yellow dress you think of.
S01 • E03 - Massa, we not... - I know why you've come... - The Long Song 00:05
- Massa, we not... - I know why you've come...
S01 • E01 No, no, no, no, no... How many times have I told you not - The Long Song 00:05
No, no, no, no, no... How many times have I told you not
S01 • E03 ...and I wish to explain that I have taken this measure of - The Long Song 00:09
...and I wish to explain that I have taken this measure of
S01 • E01 But look, the buttons come loose now. - The Long Song 00:04
But look, the buttons come loose now.
S01 • E03 You've all lived too long as slaves to really understand what's - The Long Song 00:06
You've all lived too long as slaves to really understan...
S01 • E03 You must understand that your houses, they belong to me, - The Long Song 00:11
You must understand that your houses, they belong to me,
S01 • E01 ...I fear them pearls be back down at bottom of the sea once more. - The Long Song 00:06
...I fear them pearls be back down at bottom of the sea once...
S01 • E03 That's my right, you see, as a landowner. - The Long Song 00:05
That's my right, you see, as a landowner.
S01 • E03 So it will now be better for you to work seven days a week, - The Long Song 00:06
So it will now be better for you to work seven days a week,
S01 • E01 I could have you sent back into the fields. - The Long Song 00:04
I could have you sent back into the fields.
S01 • E03 And anyone who does not pay the rent in full will be evicted. - The Long Song 00:05
And anyone who does not pay the rent in full will be evicted...
S01 • E03 I am doing this for your own benefit. - The Long Song 00:05
I am doing this for your own benefit.
S01 • E03 Because whatever benefits the plantation, it benefits you, - The Long Song 00:06
Because whatever benefits the plantation, it benefits you,
S01 • E01 For it not be plain how this crafty girl come to be a lady's maid, - The Long Song 00:11
For it not be plain how this crafty girl come to be a lady&#...
S01 • E03 Let me finish! Let me finish. - The Long Song 00:07
Let me finish! Let me finish.
S01 • E01 No, me must start at the beginning. - The Long Song 00:05
No, me must start at the beginning.
S01 • E03 And let's come together, seven days a week, - The Long Song 00:10
And let's come together, seven days a week,