#Americans #Blacks
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
Have you dug the spill Of Sugar Hill? Cast your gims On this sepia thrill: Brown sugar lassie,
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf—Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES! Look! See what Vanity Fair says… new Waldorf—Astoria:
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
Let’s go see Old Abe Sitting in the marble and the moon… Sitting lonely in the marble and t… Quiet for ten thousand centuries,… Quiet for a million, million years…
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
