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Thread #51897 Message #1243500
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Aug-04 - 04:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Black and White ('The ink is black...)
Subject: Lyr Add: BLACK AND WHITE (from Three Dog Night)
I can find no references to Alan Roberts with regard to "Black and White" except the old one noted by Joe. The newer "Rise Up Singing lists David Arkin for the lyrics, which are the same as those posted by Joe. Here is the Three Dog Night version (purported, not checked)- lacks the verse 'Their robes were black,' and the 'slate is black, the chalk is white' of the 'Sing Out' version:
Black and White Three Dog Night Words David Arkin, music Earl Robinson, 1956
The ink is black, the page is white Together we learn to read and write A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
And now a child can understand That this is the law of all the land, all the land.
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
And now at last we plainly see We'll have a dance of Liberty, Liberty!
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light.
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight.
The world is black, the world is white It turns by day and then by night A child is black, a child is white Together they grow to see the light, to see the light.
C'mon, get it, get it, Ohh ohhh, yeah, yeah Keep it up now, around the world Little boys and little girls Yeah, yeah-eah, oh-ohhh.