Dream-singers,
Story-tellers,
Dancers,
Loud laughers in the hands of Fate --
My people.
Dish-washers,
Elevator-boys,
Ladies maids,
Crap-shooters,
Cooks,
Waiters,
Jazzers,
Nurses of babies,
Loaders of ships,
Rounders,
Number writers,
Comedians in vaudeville
And band-men in circuses --
Dream-singers all, --
My people.
Story-tellers all, --
My people.
Dancers --
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Laughers", appears in Fine Clothes to the Jew, first published 1927 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marian Viktorovich Koval (1907 - 1971), "My people", published 1939 [ voice and piano ], from Oh, What Singers, also set in Russian [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-07
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Word count: 46