#Americans #Blacks
Have you dug the spill Of Sugar Hill? Cast your gims On this sepia thrill: Brown sugar lassie,
Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf—Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES! Look! See what Vanity Fair says… new Waldorf—Astoria:
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long da… That I had to climb, that I had t… In order that the race might live… Look at my face —dark as the night…
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,
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
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,