Stand Back, Black Man

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Title:     Stand Back, Black Man
Author: Thomas W. Talley [More Titles by Talley]

[7]Stand Back, Black Man

Oh!
Stan' back, black man,
You cain't shine;
Yō' lips is too thick,
An' you hain't my kīn'.

Aw!
Git 'way, black man,
You jes haint fine;
I'se done quit foolin'
Wid de nappy-headed kind.

Say?
Stan' back, black man!
Cain't you see
Dat a kinky-headed chap
Hain't nothin' side o' me?

FOOTNOTE

[7] In a few places in the South, just following the Civil War, the Mulattoes organized themselves into a little guild known as "The Blue Vein Circle," from which those who were black were excluded. This is one of their rhymes.

[The end]
Thomas W. Talley's poem: Stand Back, Black Man

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