#AmericanWriters
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!
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
When the old junk man Death Comes to gather up our bodies And toss them into the sack of obl… I wonder if he will find The corpse of a white multi—millio…
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done