Fine Clothes to the Jew/Black Gal

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BLACK GAL
I's always been a workin' girl.I treated Albert fine.Ain't cut him wid no razor,Ain't never been unkind.
Yet it seems like alwaysMen takes all they can from meThen they goes an' finds a yaller galAn' lets me be.
I dressed up Albert Johnson.I bought him suits o' clothes,An' soon as he got out de barrelThen out ma door he goes.
Yet I ain't never been no bad one.Can't help it cause I'm black.I hates them rinney yaller galsAn' I wants ma Albert back.Ma little, short, sweet, brownskin boy,—Oh, God, I wants him back!
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