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Subject: AFRICAN AMERICANS - SONG & MUSIC Matches Found: 50 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "BLACK SPIRITUAL: ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: My brudder sittin' on de tree of life Last Line: "o my soul arise in heaven, lord, / for yearde when jordan roll" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (1)", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "swing low, sweet chariot" Last Line: Coming for to carry me home Variant Title(s): "swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;american Civil War;black Songs;homecoming;u.s. - History; Negro Spirituals "BLACK SPIRITUAL: SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (2)", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "oh, de good ole chariot swing so low" Last Line: "swing low, sweet chariot, / I don't want to leave me behind" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "BLOW YOU TRUMPET, GABRIEL", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: De talles' trees in paradise Last Line: And I hope dat trump might blow me home / to de new jerusalem Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "DO DOWN, MOSES", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: When israel was in egypt's land Last Line: O let my people go Variant Title(s): Jubilee Song;let My People Go Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals "JIM CRACK CORN, OR THE BLUE TAIL FLY", by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: When I was young I us'd to wait / on massa and hand him de plate Last Line: "I nebber forget till de day I die, / ole massa an' dat blue tail fly" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;flies;slavery; Negro Spirituals;serfs A CORN SONG, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: On the wide veranda white Last Line: Says de day is done. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Slavery; Serfs A MULATTO SINGING, by GRADY MCCARTY LONG Poem Text First Line: Tall and lithe he stood there, swaying like a reed in the wind Last Line: In the agony of death. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music A NEGRO SONG OF HOME, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tain't berry many people wat'll listen to a niggah Last Line: Frough de singin' ob de kettle on de hob. Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Song & Music; Black Songs; Home; Negroes; American Blacks; Negro Spirituals A PLANTATION MELODY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: De trees is bendin' in de st'om Last Line: Lay low in de wildaness. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Slavery; Serfs A SPIRITUAL, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: De 'cession's stahted on de gospel way Last Line: But lif' up yo' haid w'en de king go by! Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music AM/TRAK, by AMIRI BARAKA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trane / trane, history love scream on Alternate Author Name(s): Jones, Leroi Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Coltrane, John (1926-1967); Davis, Miles (1926-1991); Jazz; Music & Musicians BLUES ALABAMA, by MICHAEL S. HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She's blacker Last Line: A blessing of hatred Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; African Americans - Women BLUES NOTE, by BOB KAUFMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ray charles is the black wind of kilimanjaro Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Charles, Ray (b. 1930) CABARET, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rich, flashy, puffy-faced / hebrew and anglo-saxon Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Jazz; Music & Musicians DERE'S NO HIDIN' PLACE DOWN DERE, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: "he wanted to go to hebben, but he had to go to hell / dere's no hidin' place down dere" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals DIXIE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Dis world was made in jis' six days Last Line: "look away, look away, look away, dixie land" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;southern States; Negro Spirituals;south (u.s.) EZEKIEL SAW THE WHEEL, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Ezeekiel saw de wheel Last Line: "dis ole worl' gwine reel an' rock, / 'way in de middle ob de air" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals FOLK SONG, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "steal away, steal away, steal away to jesus" Last Line: I ain't got long to stay here Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;jesus Christ; Negro Spirituals FOLK SONG, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "go down, moses, / way down in egypt land" Last Line: Let my people go Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;egypt; Negro Spirituals FRANKIE AND JOHNNY, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Frankie and johnnie were lovers Last Line: "he was my man, but he done me wrong" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music FREE AT LAST, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "free at last, free at last; / I thank god I'm free at last" Last Line: O free at last Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;freedom;slavery; Negro Spirituals;liberty;serfs HARLEM, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I want to sing harlem on an ebony flute Last Line: "rest, and dream, my dark delight!" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Harlem (new York City); Music & Musicians HARLEM GALLERY: BOOK 1, THE CURATOR: MU, by MELVIN BEAUNORUS TOLSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hideho heights / and I, like the brims of old hats Last Line: Of the indigo combo. Alternate Author Name(s): Tolson, Melvin Variant Title(s): The Harlem Gallery: Mu Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Harlem (new York City); Jazz; Music & Musicians HERE WHERE COLTRANE IS, by MICHAEL S. HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Soul and race Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Coltrane, John (1926-1967); Jazz; Music & Musicians JOHN HENRY (1), by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: When john henry was a little fellow Last Line: "that he was an east virginia man, / lord, lord, an east virginia man" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music MA RAINEY, by STERLING ALLEN BROWN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When ma rainey comes to town Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; African Americans - Women; Blues (music); Jazz; Music & Musicians; Rainey, Ma (1886-1939); Singing & Singers; Women; Songs MAMMY SUE, by MARY C. HERGET Poem Text First Line: In the dim days of the long ago Last Line: "hummin', hummin', hummin'." Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Household Employees; Singing & Singers; Sleep; Servants; Domestics; Maids; Songs MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "michael row de boat ashore, / hallelujah!" Last Line: "singer row to save your soul, / hallelujah!" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals NEGRO SPIRITUAL: I THANK GOD I'M FREE AT LAS', by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Free at las' - free at las' Last Line: I thank god I'm free at las' Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals NEW FOLK, by TERRANCE HAYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I said folk was dressed in blues but hairier and hemped. Last Line: "til it stilled. ""when the moon's black,"" I said. ""be faithful" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music NOBODY KNOWS DE TROUBLE I'VE HAD, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: "what make ole satan hate me so? O yes, lord! / because he got me once and he let me go, o yes, lord Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O black and unknown bards of long ago Last Line: You sang a race from wood and stone to christ. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Bards; Jesus Christ; Slavery; Serfs ONE MORE RIVER, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: "o, jordan bank was a great old bank!" Last Line: Dere ain't but one more river to cross Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals PLAYLAND, by MARK DOTY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The black piano player's straightened hair Last Line: "continues, yes, light the light, I’ll be home, late tonight, Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music SLAVE MARRIAGE CEREMONY SUPPLEMENT, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: Dark an' stormy may come de wedder Last Line: She's now yo' own. Salute yo' bride Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;marriage;slavery; Negro Spirituals;weddings;husbands;wives;serfs SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: Way up in de hebbenly lan' Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals SONG, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text First Line: We raise de wheat Last Line: And say dat's good enough for nigger Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs; Negro Spirituals SONGS FOR A COLORED SINGER, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: A washing hangs upon the line Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music SPIRITUAL: THE LONELY MOTHER, by FENTON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, my mother's moaning by the river Last Line: Swaying for her son who walks in sorrow. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Black Songs; Despair; Mothers; Negro Spirituals THE BLACK BACK-UPS, by KATE RUSHIN Poem Text Recitation by Author First Line: This is dedicated to merry clayton, fontella bass, vonetta Alternate Author Name(s): Rushin, Donna Kate Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; African Americans - Women; Jazz; Music & Musicians; Popular Culture - United States; Singing & Singers; Women's Rights; Songs; Feminism THE COLORED BAND, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: W'en de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin down Last Line: W'en de colo'ed ban' goes ma'chin' down de street. Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Song & Music; Negroes; American Blacks THE OL' TUNES, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You kin talk about your anthems Last Line: In the ol'-fashioned way. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Holidays; Thanksgiving THE THIRD SERMON ON THE WARPLAND, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The earth is a beautiful place Last Line: You could make music too / the blackblues Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Jazz; Music & Musicians; Phoenix (mythical Bird) THE VOICE OF ARETHA FRANKLIN SURPRISES ME, by E. ETHELBERT MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In riyadh the wind blows the last prayer Variant Title(s): The Voice Of Aretha Franklin Surprised Me Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Franklin, Aretha (b. 1942); Riyadh, Saudi Arabia THE WIDOW'S JAZZ, by MINA LOY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The white flesh quakes to the negro soul Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music; Chicago; Jazz; Music & Musicians TRUMPET PLAYER, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The negro / with the trumpet at his lips Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Song & Music; Music & Musicians; Negroes; American Blacks WERE YOU THERE WHEN THEY CRUCIFIED MY LORD, by ANONYMOUS - AFRICAN AMERICAN Poem Text Last Line: "were you there, when they laid him in the tomb?" Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music;black Songs;jesus Christ; Negro Spirituals WHEN MALINDY SINGS, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: G'way an' quit dat noise, miss lucy Last Line: Ez malindy sings. Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Song & Music; Singing & Singers; Negroes; American Blacks; Songs WHISTLING SAM [WITH MUSIC], by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I has hyead o' people dancin' an' I's hyead o' people singin' Last Line: Wid his face all in a puckah mekin' jes' sich soun's ez dese: Subject(s): African Americans - Song & Music |
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