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STREET SONG by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

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First Line: JACK, IF YOU GOT TO BE A ROUNDER
Last Line: Just don't let mama catch you / makin' rounds at night
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Jack, if you got to be a rounder
Be a rounder right--
Just don't let mama catch you
Makin' rounds at night.



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