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And What Shall You Say?
The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics (1918)
by Joseph Seamon Cotter
Is It Because I Am Black?
O Little David, Play on Your Harp
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4739561The Band of Gideon and Other Lyrics — Is It Because I Am Black?1918Joseph Seamon Cotter (1895-1919)
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Is It Because I Am Black?
Why do men smile when I speak,And call my speechThe whimperings of a babeThat cries but knows not what it wants?Is it because I am black?
Why do men sneer when I ariseAnd stand in their councils,And look them eye to eye,And speak their tongue?Is it because I am black?
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