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Langston Hughes - Night Funeral In HarlemLangston Hughes - Night Funeral In Harlem
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Night funeral     In Harlem:     Where did they get     Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay— His insurance lapsed the other day— Yet they got a satin box for his head to lay.     Night funeral     In Harlem:     Who was it sent     That wreath of flowers? Them flowers came from that poor boy`s friends— They`ll want flowers, too, When they meet their ends.     Night funeral     in Harlem:     Who preached that     Black boy to his grave? Old preacher man Preached that boy away— Charged Five Dollars His girl friend had to pay.     Night funeral     In Harlem: When it was all over And the lid shut on his head and the organ had done played and the last prayers been said and six pallbearers Carried him out for dead And off down Lenox Avenue That long black hearse done sped,     The street light     At his corner     Shined just like a tear— That boy that they was mournin` Was so dear, so dear To them folks that brought the flowers, To that girl who paid the preacher man— It was all their tears that made     That poor boy`s     Funeral grand.     Night funeral     In Harlem.
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