SIX-BITS BLUES (1923)
Poema de Langston Hughes
Musica de Leonard Feather

Gimme six-bits' worth o' ticket

On a train that runs somewhere

I say six-bits' worth o' ticket

On a train that runs somewhere.

I don't care where it's goin'

Just so it goes away from here.

Baby, gimme a little lovin'

But don't make it too long.

A little lovin', babe, but

Don't make it too long.

Make it short and sweet, your lovin'

So I can roll along.

I got to roll along!

"I tried to write poems like the songs they sang on Seventh Street...(these songs) had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going."
Langston Hughes sobre "The Weary Blues"

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