I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,

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

The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.

Oh, silver tree! Oh, shining rivers of the soul! In a Harlem cabaret Six long—headed jazzers play. A dancing girl whose eyes are bold

I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,

Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?

Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…

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 sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.

I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto