20/01/2020

Ayons congé : Oh boy...


Charles Moore - Martin Luther King Jr. arrêté pour avoir voulu entrer au Tribunal de Montgomery, Alabama pour assister à une audience où comparaissait un de ses amis, 3 septembre 1958
Via Moazedi


L'employé du tribunal vient de lui dire : "Boy, if you don't get the hell away from here, you will need a lawyer yourself."


Aujourd'hui, c'est férié, c'est MLK day (1).



Big Bill Broonzy - When do I get to be called a man, enr. 1955, écrit en 1928
Mis en ligne par DAVO1984FI


When I was born into this world, this is what happened to me
I was never called a man, and now I'm fifty-three
I wonder when,
I wonder when,
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

When Uncle Sam called me, I know'ed I'd be called a real McCoy
But I got none of this, they just called me soldier boy
I wonder when,
I wonder when,
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

When I got back from overseas, that night we had a ball
Next day I met the old boss, he said "Boy get you some overalls"
I wonder when,
I wonder when,
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?
I've worked on the levee camps, and axer gangs too
Black man's a boy, don't care what he can do
I wonder when,
I wonder when,
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?

They said I was uneducated, my clothes were dirty and torn
Now I've got a little education, but I'm still a boy right on
I wonder when,
I wonder when,
I wonder when will I get to be called a man
Do I have to wait till I get ninety-three?





(1) M. Chat : Vous êtes encouragés à proposer à vos députés et sénateurs respectifs l'instauration de quelques jours fériés supplémentaires en France (liste non limitative) :
le jour de Frantz Fanon
le jour d'Aimé Césaire 
le jour de Saint-Georges...

Mme Chat : ...le jour de la mulâtresse Solitude
et pourquoi pas le jour de Louise  Marie Thérèse ?


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