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In reply to the discussion: Name a song with a color in the title [View all]sl8
(14,060 posts)66. Black and White
I didn't know, until today, that the song was inspired by the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. I didn't know of the verse with "Their robes were black, Their heads were white, The schoolhouse doors were closed so tight...".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_White_(Three_Dog_Night_song)
Oh, the ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn to read and write
To read and write
And now a child can understand
This is the law of all the land
All the land
Chorus with child's voice:
Oh, the ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn to read and write
To read and write
Their robes were black, their heads were white
The schoolroom 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
Chorus with child's voice:
Their robes were black, their heads were white
(whistling the tune)
Oh, the slate is black, the chalk is white
The words stand out so clear and bright
So clear and bright
And now at last, we plainly see
The alphabet of liberty
Liberty
Chorus with child's voice:
Oh, the slate is black, the chalk is white
Together we learn to read and write
To read and write
Oh, a child is black, or a child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight
What a beautiful sight
For very well, the whole world knows
That this is the way that freedom grows
Freedom grows
Chorus with child's voice:
Oh, a child is black, or a child is white
(whistling the tune)
Oh, the world is black, and the world is white
It turns by day and turns by night
It turns by night
It turns so each and every one
Can make his station in the sun
In the sun
Chorus with child's voice:
Oh, the ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn to read and write
To read and write
And now a child can understand
That this is the love of all the land
All the land
Chorus continued with child's voice:
Oh, the ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn to read and write
To read and write
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Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Flying Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley.
raccoon
Aug 2016
#21
To make this more challenging, you should exclude the colors found in a Crayola eight-pack.
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2016
#24
What if the "color" is actually a plant, which itself symbolizes something else?
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2016
#25
"Orange Blossom Special" - Roy Clark and a 12-year-old banjo prodigy on "Hee Haw" in 1976.
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2016
#29
I'll see your "Red Bats With Teeth" and raise you one: White Punks on Dope.
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2016
#50
{color as adjective}{noun modified by that adjective}{preposition}{noun, object of that preposition}
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2016
#77