Down in Georgia,meanest place in the world,
White folks chase the niggers like chasing a squirrel,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Went to the chain gang,fell on my knees,
All they give me was a pot of peas,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Oh,look here, Captain , don't be so mean,
I can't understand, I can't see,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
It's the same thing all over the south,
It's the same thing that I'm talking about,
It's the same thing all over the south,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Atlanta ,Georgia's the meanest place in the world,
White folks chase the niggers like chasing a squirrel,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Went to the chain gang,fell on my knees,
First thing I met was a pot of peas,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
White folks chase the niggers like chasing a squirrel,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Went to the chain gang,fell on my knees,
All they give me was a pot of peas,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Oh,look here, Captain , don't be so mean,
I can't understand, I can't see,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
It's the same thing all over the south,
It's the same thing that I'm talking about,
It's the same thing all over the south,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Atlanta ,Georgia's the meanest place in the world,
White folks chase the niggers like chasing a squirrel,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Went to the chain gang,fell on my knees,
First thing I met was a pot of peas,
In Atlanta ,Georgia, in Atlanta , Georgia,
If you don't get lynched, you will sure get pinched,
In Atlanta , Georgia.
Contributed by Pluck - 2022/7/28 - 18:19
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Canta un detenuto,probabilmente del carcere di Greenville,South Carolina, registrato da Lawrence Gellert, 1933-1937: LP Negro Songs of Protest. *
La struttura del brano ricorda quella del Blues ( o “ Blues song “ ) a refrain,che, originatesi nel repertorio di danza della aree rurali con canzoni come “Tight Like That” o “ Bottle Up and Go “ entro' in voga anche nell'ambito urbano a partire dagli anni '30.
Il presente brano si diversifica da questo tipo di musica, tuttavia , per il tempo assai lento,oltre che , evidentemente,per la denuncia sociale eccezionalmente aperta ed esplicita .
Testo e note tratti da :
“ Blues,ballate e canti di lavoro afroamericani”
a cura di Alessandro Roffeni
Newton Compton Editori - 1976
As Langston Hughes commented, “These songs collected by Mr Gellert are of inestimable value.”
Negro Got No Justice - In Atlanta, Georgia - Mr.Tyree - There Ain’t No Heaven