Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Abbey Lincoln
Canonical path: /abbey-lincoln/afro-blue
Related lyric paths: 6
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Afro-Blue
Read Afro-Blue lyrics by Abbey Lincoln on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Afro-Blue
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Dream of a land my soul is from
I hear a hand stroke on a drum
Shades of delight, cocoa hue
Rich as the night afro blue
Elegant boy, beautifil girl
Dancing for joy elegant whirl
Shades of delight, cocoa hue
Rich as the night afro blue
Two young lovers dance face to face
With undulating grace
They gently sway, then slip away
To some secluded place
Shades of delight, cocoa hue
Rich as the night afro blue
Whispering trees, echo their sighs
Passionate pleas, tender replies
Shades of delight, cocoa hue
Rich as the night afro blue
Lovers in flight upward they glide
Burst at the height slowly subside
Shades of delight, cocoa hue
Rich as the night afro blue
And my slumbering fantasy assumes reality
Until it seems it's not a dream for two are you and me
Shades of delight, cocoa hue
Rich as the night afro blue
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Abbey Lincoln performs "Afro-Blue", and this lyric page sits inside the Abbey Lincoln catalog on LyroVerse.
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