...printed a transposition of Dr. Watts great hymnal written by a carpetbagger (a hymn I've heard my daddy sing)...
A CHARGE TO KEEP I HAVE,
A NEGRO TO MAINTAIN
AND EVERY DYING THRUST FOR POWER
TO BIND HIM WITH A CHAIN.
TO SERVE THE PRESENT AGE
OUR POCKETS WE MUST FILL
WE WILL MAKE HIM VOTE ON PROMISE STILL
AND NEVER PAY THE BILL.
ARM US WITH ZEALOUS CARE
TO MAKE HIM KNOW HIS PLACE (in politics)
AND OH, THY SERVANT LORD....PREPARE
TO RULE THE NEGRO RACE.
HELP US TO ROB AND CHEAT
THE NEGRO ON THE SLY...
AND SURE AS THEY DON'T VOTE FOR US
THEY SHALL FOREVER DYE.
O T WELLS
WELL, NOPE WE HAVEN'T DIED... I TELL YOU LIKE CELEE SAID IN THE COLOR PURPLE..... I MAY BE A WOMAN, I MAY BE BLACK, I MAY BE UGLY......... BUT I'M STILL HERE!
A CHARGE TO KEEP I HAVE,
A NEGRO TO MAINTAIN
AND EVERY DYING THRUST FOR POWER
TO BIND HIM WITH A CHAIN.
TO SERVE THE PRESENT AGE
OUR POCKETS WE MUST FILL
WE WILL MAKE HIM VOTE ON PROMISE STILL
AND NEVER PAY THE BILL.
ARM US WITH ZEALOUS CARE
TO MAKE HIM KNOW HIS PLACE (in politics)
AND OH, THY SERVANT LORD....PREPARE
TO RULE THE NEGRO RACE.
HELP US TO ROB AND CHEAT
THE NEGRO ON THE SLY...
AND SURE AS THEY DON'T VOTE FOR US
THEY SHALL FOREVER DYE.
O T WELLS
WELL, NOPE WE HAVEN'T DIED... I TELL YOU LIKE CELEE SAID IN THE COLOR PURPLE..... I MAY BE A WOMAN, I MAY BE BLACK, I MAY BE UGLY......... BUT I'M STILL HERE!
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