from Act III, Scene 2 of the English opera
Blake by Leslie Adams
Libretto: Daniel Mayers
Role: Miranda, slave on a southern plantation, wife of Blake
Voice Part: soprano
Setting: the Ballard home, Charleston, South Carolina, early 1860s
Synopsis: Miranda comments on her adverse relationship with her mistress, Isabella, vowing to flee than go with on a trip with her mistress; then, imagining her baby Little Joe as she once held him in her arms, sings a tender lullaby.