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(To Leland)
(Red)
She went to buy a brand new hat,
And she was ugly, black, and fat:
“This red becomes you well,” they said,
And perched it high upon her head.
And then they laughed behind her back
To see it glow against the black.
She paid for it with regal mien,
And walked out proud as any queen.
And she was ugly, black, and fat:
“This red becomes you well,” they said,
And perched it high upon her head.
And then they laughed behind her back
To see it glow against the black.
She paid for it with regal mien,
And walked out proud as any queen.
(Black)
I
The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a newer Calvary.
The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a newer Calvary.
2
Yea, he who helped Christ up Golgotha's track,
That Simon who did not deny, was black.
Yea, he who helped Christ up Golgotha's track,
That Simon who did not deny, was black.
II
