#AmericanWriters
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
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
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
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
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
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
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…
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
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…
