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JAM SESSION by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES

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First Line: LETTING MIDNIGHT / OUT ON BAIL
Last Line: POP-A-DA
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; JAZZ; MUSIC & MUSICIANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Letting midnight
out on bail
pop-a-da
having been
detained in jail
oop-pop-a-da
for sprinkling salt
on a dreamer's tail
pop-a-da



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