First linesLangston Hughes

1. Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, The Weary Blues
2. I am a Negro: The Negro
3. I, too, sing America. I Too
4. I’ve known rivers: The Negro Speaks of Rivers
5. My old man’s a white old man Cross
6. Oh, silver tree! Jazzonia
7. The low beating of the tom-toms, Danse Africaine
8. To fling my arms wide Dream Variation
9. Well, son, I’ll tell you: Mother to Son

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