My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a

The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,

I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,

Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.

Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks

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…

Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:

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

Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,

I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that