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Some already pack up and fled that plantation
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The Long Song

Some already pack upand fled that plantation to seek work elsewhere

Some already pack up
and fled that plantation to seek work elsewhere

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Some already pack up and fled that plantation
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to seek work elsewhere.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:02
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 • E02 Others were still laid up upon their beds - The Long Song 00:08
Others were still laid up upon their beds
S01 • E03 No more rent! Where we going to get the money? - The Long Song 00:04
No more rent! Where we going to get the money?
S01 • E03 Hush, hush up! Hear me now! - The Long Song 00:04
Hush, hush up! Hear me now!
S01 • E01 Well, she be July. - The Long Song 00:06
Well, she be July.
S01 • E03 There be lands to the west of here, past the cotton tree, - The Long Song 00:07
There be lands to the west of here, past the cotton tree,
S01 • E03 No rent be paid, no bakkra come. - The Long Song 00:04
No rent be paid, no bakkra come.
S01 • E02 Him surely have some fine, fine boots upon him foot. - The Long Song 00:05
Him surely have some fine, fine boots upon him foot.
S01 • E03 And there we could live, free. - The Long Song 00:04
And there we could live, free.
S01 • E03 But the land be bad there - too many stone and rock. - The Long Song 00:04
But the land be bad there - too many stone and rock.
S01 • E02 Now, as you're all no doubt well aware, - The Long Song 00:09
Now, as you're all no doubt well aware,
S01 • E03 We have we home here! Our garden feed we! - The Long Song 00:05
We have we home here! Our garden feed we!
S01 • E03 There be only one way to make the Massa listen. - The Long Song 00:05
There be only one way to make the Massa listen.
S01 • E02 You must remember that the houses you live in, - The Long Song 00:05
You must remember that the houses you live in,
S01 • E03 - How? - We stop work and we pay no rent! - The Long Song 00:04
- How? - We stop work and we pay no rent!
S01 • E02 No, they are the property of your mistress, so, - The Long Song 00:10
No, they are the property of your mistress, so,
S01 • E03 We going to make Massa listen to we, whether he want to listen or not! - The Long Song 00:06
We going to make Massa listen to we, whether he want to list...
S01 • E03 Next daybreak, the conch was not blown. - The Long Song 00:06
Next daybreak, the conch was not blown.
S01 • E02 - Hush up. Me want to hear. - Don't hush me. - The Long Song 00:04
- Hush up. Me want to hear. - Don't hush me.
S01 • E02 As before, will be paid a fair wage, - The Long Song 00:07
As before, will be paid a fair wage,
S01 • E02 Now, I know that some workers have already left - The Long Song 00:07
Now, I know that some workers have already left