Steal Away - City of Truro Male Choir CIMCF 2019

STEAL AWAY - arr Russell Pascoe. Published by OUP: Emerging Voices. Two
Spirituals
City of Truro Male Choir
Conductor: Russell Pascoe
Cornwall Internatonal Male Choral Festival
Truro Cathedral 2019 May 4th
Steal Away is a traditional American song used by the enslaved people attempting to free themselves using the Underground Railroad, the term describing the journey to northern America or Canada to live in freedom. The lyrics "Steal away to Jesus," on the surface, meant dying and going to heaven, but also symbolised escaping to freedom as spirituals often held hidden meaning used by the enslaved people to communicate with one another.