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18 May 10 - 01:41 PM (#2909312) Subject: Lyr Req: Song about (skin) color From: bradfordian Hi Folks. Can anyone help me identify a song with this synopsis. Its about (skin) colour. It alludes to the white man how he gets RED when out in the sun, BLUE when he's very cold, YELLOW when he's ill, GREY when he dies. I've been told the song ends with something like "and YOU have the cheek to call ME coloured!" It's maybe from the seventies. brad |
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19 May 10 - 12:48 PM (#2909992) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about (skin) color From: GUEST,mg I almost want to say Buffy St. Marie might have sung it. Other color of skin Nut brown maiden Brown colleen in Star of County Down Yellow Rose of Texas Nellie was a Lady ...dark Virginie Bride Dublin int he rare old times...skin as dark? black? as coal One eyed one horned flying purple people eater Various sea shanties .. "yellow girls" |
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19 May 10 - 02:35 PM (#2910051) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about (skin) color From: Rain Dog A quick google seems to come up with a poem with those words.Also a sung version on youtube. I assume that you would have searched yourself so they are probably not what you are after |
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20 May 10 - 02:56 AM (#2910382) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song about (skin) color From: bradfordian I did find the poem (When I born I black) but didn't get the youtube sung version, unless it was "Lets kick racism out of football". If your youtube was different, do you have the ref Rain Dog please? |