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Lily

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LILY
She looked rather cute, Lily
She came from Somalia, Lily
In a ship full of immigrants
Who all came willingly
To collect garbage in Paris.
 
She thought we were all equal, Lily,
In Voltaire and Hugo's country, Lily,
Yet in our musical language
A white note is worth 2 blacks,
That's quite a difference.
 
She loved liberty so much, Lily,
She dreamed of fraternity, Lily,
A hotel owner Rue Secrétan
Explained in no uncertain terms
That only whites were welcome there
 
She unloaded crates, Lily,
She held all sorts of dirty jobs, Lily,
She yells out to sell cauliflowers
While in the street her coloured brothers
Accompany her on their jackhammers.
 
And when they called her Snow White, Lily,
She did not fall for the old trick, Lily,
She went along the “funny” joke,
Though she had to grit her teeth,
So as not to give them the satisfaction.
 
She met a handsome blond guy, Lily,
Who would gladly have married her, Lily,
But the in-laws-to-be declared:
“Though we are anything but racist
We can’t accept this sort of thing'.
 
She had a go in America, Lily,
That emblematic democracy, Lily,
She couldn’t believe her eyes
When she found out that even there
Black was the colour of despair
 
But in a meeting in Memphis, Lily,
She met Angela Davis, Lily,
Who said 'come, little sister
Together we are less frightened.
Of the wolves circling the trapper'.
 
So it is to ward off her fear, Lily,
That she too raises an angry fist, Lily,
Among all these crackpots
Who set alight those busses
Prohibited to coloured people
 
Still, amidst you daily struggle, Lily,
You will meet a good man, Lily,
And the child who will be born someday
Will be the colour of love
That no one can question
 
She looked rather cute, Lily
She came from Somalia, Lily
In a ship full of immigrants
Who all came willingly
To collect garbage in Paris.
 


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