More from James Weldon Johnson

  1. Find Sister Caroline... And she's tired- She's weary- Go down, Death, and bring her to me.
  2. This Great God, Like a mammy bending over her baby, Kneeled down in the dust Toiling over a lump of clay Till He shaped it in His own image.
  3. With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I'll make me a man!
  4. And God smiled again, And the rainbow appeared, And curled itself around his shoulder.
  5. So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed; He clapped His…
  6. And God stepped out on space, And He looked around and said, 'I'm lonely- I'll make me a world.'
  7. Some men enjoy the constant strife Of days with work and worry rife, But that is not my dream of life: I think such men are crazy. For me, …
  8. And Satan smiled, stretched out his hand, and said,- 'O War, of all the scourges of humanity, I crown you chief.'

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