by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Negroes,/ Sweet and docile
Language: English
Negroes, Sweet and docile, Meek, humble and kind: Beware the day They change their mind! Wind In the cotton fields, Gentle Breeze: Beware the hour It uproots trees!
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), title 1: "Roland Hayes Beaten", title 2: "Warning" [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 Marius Flothuis (1914 - 2001), "Roland Hayes beaten (Georgia 1942)", op. 49 (Negro lament) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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