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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