Coloured Spade

Album cover art for "Coloured Spade" by Original London Cast of Hair & Peter Straker

Original London Cast of Hair & Peter Straker - Pop, West End

Coloured Spade

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Duration: 1:36

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Lyrics

[TRIBE] Ooh, ah! Ooh, ah! Ooh, ah! OOH! [TRIBE MEMBER] Walla walla, gooba gooba! [BERGER] Boogie woogie, nookie nookie! [HUD (spoken)] Comes the eclipse, I cover the white moon Dig? [BERGER (spoken)] More on our outer space programme in one moment [HUD] IIIIIIIIII'mmmm aaaaaa... Coloured spade, a negro, a black nigga A jungle bunny, Jigaboo, coon, pickaninny, mau mau Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, Little Black Sambo Cotton-pickin', fuzzy-wuzzy junk man, shoeshine boy Elevator operator, table cleaner at Horn & Hardart Slave, voodoo zombie, Ubangi-lipped Flat-nosed tap dancer, resident of Harlem And president of the United States of Love President of the United States of Love Sssshhhiiiiiit! [BERGER] And if you ask him to dinner, feed him! [HUD (Tribe)] Watermelon, hominy grits, and shortnin' bread Alligator ribs And pig tails (So you say!) Some black-eyed peas (So you say!) Some chitlins (So you say!) Some collard greens (So you say!) And if you don't watch out The boogieman will get you BoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo! (*screaming*) BoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo! (*screaming*) So you say!

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Credits

Writers
  • Galt MacDermot
  • Gerome Ragni
  • James Rado