| Title | Desponding Negro, The |
| Short Title | Syren-1, 1797 |
| Page | I:36-I:37 |
| First Line | On Afric's wide plains where the lion now roaring |
| Verses | 6 |
| Burden | Spare a halfpenny, &c. |
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| IDSONG | S0004914 |
| IDSOURCE | B0000142 |