Browns and yellers all have fellers,
Gentlemen prefer them light,
Wish I could fade, can’t make the grade,
Nothin’ but dark days in sight.
Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead,
Pains in my head, feel like old Ned,
What did I do to be so black and blue?
No joys for me, no company,
Even the mouse ran from my house,
All my life through, I’ve been so black and
blue.
I’m white inside, it don’t help my case,
‘Cause I can’t hide the color on my face.
I’m so forlorn, life’s just a thorn,
My heart is torn, why was I born?
What did I do to be so black and blue?
Just ’cause your black, folks think you lack,
They laugh at you and scorn you too,
What did I do to be so black and blue?
When you are near, they laugh and sneer,
Set you aside and you’re denied,
What did I do to be so black and blue?
How sad I am, each day I feel worse,
My mark of Ham seems to be a curse.
How will it end? Ain’t got a friend,
My only sin is in my skin,
What did I do to be so black and blue?
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