CARAVAN

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## THE NEGRO

I AM A NEGRO: Blue Sands
BLACK AS THE NIGHT IS BLACK, or
BLACK LIKE THE DEPTHS OF MY AFRICA. Caravan

I'VE BEEN A SLAVE: CAESAR TOLD ME TO KEEP HIS DOOR-STEPS CLEAN.
I BRUSHED THE BOOTS OF WASHINGTON.

I'VE BEEN A WORKER: UNDER MY HAND THE PYRAMIDS AROSE.
I MADE MORTAR FOR THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING.

I'VE BEEN A SINGER: ALL THE WAY FROM AFRICA TO GEORGIA
I CARRIED MY SORROW SONGS.
I MADE RAGTIME.

I'VE BEEN A VICTIM: THE BELGIANS CUT OFF MY HANDS IN THE CONGO.
THEY BOMB ME NOW IN ALABAMA. Low drum
rall into
big boom

I AM A NEGRO: BLACK AS THE NIGHT IS BLACK.
BLACK LIKE THE DEPTHS OF MY AFRICA.

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