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Black and White

  • Alan Roberts / Earl Robinson

    The ink is black, the page is white
    Together we learn to read and write
    Read and write
    And now a child can understand
    This is the law in all the land
    All the land
    The ink is black, the page is white
    Together we learn to read and write
    Read and write

    The slate is black, the chalk is white
    The words stand out so clear and bright
    Clear and bright
    And now at last we plainly see
    The alphabet of liberty
    Liberty
    The slate is black, the chalk is white
    The words stand out so clear and bright
    Clear and bright

    A child is black, a child is white
    The whole world looks upon the sight
    A beautiful sight
    And very well the whole world knows
    This is the way that freedom grows
    Freedom grows
    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 it turns by night
    It turns by night
    It turns so each and everyone
    Can take his station in the sun
    In the sun
    The world is black, the world is white
    It turns by day and it turns by night
    It turns by night

    As sung by The Spinners

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  • [1959:] Written c. 1955, with one more verse:

    Their robes were black, their heads were white
    The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight
    Were closed up tight
    Nine judges all set down their names
    To end the years and years of shame
    Years of shame
    The robes were white, the heads were white


    (Whistle tune)
    (Reprint Sing Out 1, 38)

    [1969:] This simple plea for racial understanding written by Alan Roberts was set to music by Earl Robinson, composer of the celebrated Ballad for Americans. (Notes 'Spotlight On The Spinners')

    [1991:] DDR-Schüler haben alle einmal [Earl Robinsons] Lied Black and White aus dem Schulbuch gelernt. (Folksblatt 6/91)

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