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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFRICAN LAMENT, by ELSIE GLENN
First Line: I heard hesitant, shy, black fingers
Last Line: But you could beat the tom! Tom!
Subject(s): Lament
First Line: I heard hesitant, shy, black fingers
Last Line: But you could beat the tom! Tom!
Subject(s): Lament
I heard hesitant, shy, black fingers
Gently touch the keys,
Then the dusky voice deploring:
"I can't eva' play sich as these!"
(Listen! Brrr! Slap! Bommm! Bom!)
But you could beat the Tom! Tom!
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