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Whiteman's Ballad

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Moriarty Canonical path: /moriarty/whiteman-s-ballad Related lyric paths: 6

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Whiteman's Ballad

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I saw the whiteman coming

He gets off his plane

He gets in his land-rover

And heads from the mines

I saw the whiteman coming

Coming to steal

And to rape

And he calls it business

I saw the black man waiting

Ready to rob his brothers

And to give away his sisters

For a couple of us dollars

I saw the black nurses wondering

Wondering why

They keep sending all these white nurses

To take away their jobs

I saw art and tom coming

They get off the train

They're all geared up to record

And they're kind of insane

I saw the white girls coming

Coming to get

What they can't get at home

It's cheap it's fun

And it don't last too long

I saw the businessmen coming

Cheatin’ on their wives

With underage girls

Buzzing around their hives

I saw you coming back a year ago

Won't you please tell me more

All about your voyage

All the things that you did

All the people you met

Now i wanna know

My blue eyed son

All the cars that you drove

All the girls you've been fooling around with

I saw the whiteman coming

Coming to steal

And to rape

And he calls it business

I saw you coming back a year ago

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