Emmett Miller — The Pickaninnys Paradise

[Verse 1] Now, what's the matter honey there's a tear in your eye? Do white folks say they don't know where you go when you die? Come to your mammy dear, and listen here I'll tell you where those colored chillun' go when they leave here Now, there's a happy land above the sky so blue And listen what's been there for you [Chorus] Come lay your black kinky head in a bed on a pillow of white And sleep tonight All while the angels will watch over you ev’ry night The griddle cakes pop from the ground With sweet molasses all around Old Uncle Joe is playing tunes upon that ever old banjo The streets are all paved with gold I am told Ev’ry bird in the skies has diamond eyes Now ain’t that nice Ev’ry little kinky headed girl and boy Has the cutest silver pony just for a toy In the place they call that Pickaninnies Paradise [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] The streets are all paved with gold I am told Ev’ry bird in the skies has diamond eyes Now ain’t that nice Ev’ry little kinky headed girl and boy Has the cutest silver pony just for a toy In the place they call that Pickaninnies Paradise


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