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The Long Song

She found no strengthto smother him, and no will to hold himunder the river's swell

She found no strength
to smother him, and no will to hold him
under the river's swell

Full Transcript

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She found no strength to smother him,
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and no will to hold him under the river's swell.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:39
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E03 I'd nearly given up hope of finding you alive. - The Long Song 00:05
I'd nearly given up hope of finding you alive.
S01 • E03 Madam, these papers tell of a baby left on the steps of a - The Long Song 00:11
Madam, these papers tell of a baby left on the steps of a
S01 • E01 So she decided she must leave this child to fate. - The Long Song 00:05
So she decided she must leave this child to fate.
S01 • E03 The minister's wife, she found out the name of the young slave girl who - The Long Song 00:12
The minister's wife, she found out the name of the youn...
S01 • E01 Instead, she was sent back to toil in them fields. - The Long Song 00:06
Instead, she was sent back to toil in them fields.
S01 • E02 Ezra, how are you, are you well? - The Long Song 00:04
Ezra, how are you, are you well?
S01 • E03 And I have lived within my son's house from that day to this. - The Long Song 00:07
And I have lived within my son's house from that day to...
S01 • E02 If you were to work seven days a week for me, - The Long Song 00:08
If you were to work seven days a week for me,
S01 • E03 My son, him bid me write my story down and him will make it into - The Long Song 00:12
My son, him bid me write my story down and him will make it ...
S01 • E02 Me go Unity. See me pickney. - The Long Song 00:04
Me go Unity. See me pickney.
S01 • E02 - Me must walk a long, long, long way. - Yes, yes. - The Long Song 00:05
- Me must walk a long, long, long way. - Yes, yes.
S01 • E03 "It is important," him say. - The Long Song 00:06
"It is important," him say.
S01 • E03 I still think of my baby girl, grown up now in England. - The Long Song 00:09
I still think of my baby girl, grown up now in England.
S01 • E03 Does she know her true mama was born a slave? - The Long Song 00:09
Does she know her true mama was born a slave?
S01 • E01 And yet the time came when her missus did need her. - The Long Song 00:06
And yet the time came when her missus did need her.
S01 • E02 Mary. Mary. - The Long Song 00:04
Mary. Mary.
S01 • E03 Maybe my book reach her... one day. - The Long Song 00:32
Maybe my book reach her... one day.
S01 • E01 For she was now left all alone at Amity. - The Long Song 00:04
For she was now left all alone at Amity.
S01 • E02 Now, you'd be willing to work seven days for me, wouldn't you? - The Long Song 00:04
Now, you'd be willing to work seven days for me, wouldn...
S01 • E02 Yes. You surely wouldn't let me down? - The Long Song 00:05
Yes. You surely wouldn't let me down?