Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Canonical path: /serge-gainsbourg/black-and-white
Related lyric paths: 6
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Black And White
Read Black And White lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Black And White
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Une négresse
Qui buvait du lait
Ah ! se disait-elle,
Si je le pouvais
Tremper ma figure
Dans mon bol de lait
Je serais plus blanche
Que tous les Anglais
Un Britannique
D'vant son chocolat
Ah ! se disait-il,
Et pourquoi ne pas
Tremper ma figure
Dans ce machin-là
Je serais plus
Noir qu'un Noir du Kenya
Une intellectuelle
Qui buvait du thé
Ah ! se disait-elle,
Si je le pouvais
Tremper ma figure
Dans ma tasse de thé
Je serais plus jaune
Qu' les filles du Yang-Tsé
Un Américain
Qui buvait du sang
Ah ! se disait-il,
Si j'avais le temps
D' tremper ma figure
Dans mon bol de sang
Je serais plus rouge
Qu'un Mohican
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Serge Gainsbourg performs "Black And White", and this lyric page sits inside the Serge Gainsbourg catalog on LyroVerse.
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