April Is National Poetry Month!
A RECITATIVE SONG!
(For Julius Winston Garvey)
MARCUS GARVEY
1. I am a little soldier, fighting hard for life,
I came upop the scene of cruel human
strife,
My father taught me to be always good and true,
And
in the battle ever try to be a blue.
2. I've met so many hard and
awful blows, you know,
But friends, I heard that "we shall
reap just what we sow,"
So I shall e'er a Negro man of
courage be,
And work with other noble men who'll toil with me.
3. I promise to engage in what
is good and right,
And for the cause of race to make a manly
fight;
The world shall be my cautious battle stage,
For I
shall follow wisely footprints of old age.
4. The endless fight of men
for right against the wrong,
Shall steel my youthful courage on
and make me strong;
But I shall need God's help all seasons of
the year,
To safely fight for you with heart that's void of
fear.
5. The Negro's cause is now
beset with many darts,
But we can win if we have true and loyal
hearts;
Young though I be, I'll stand and march with you,
If
you will serve and hold the line, like men-true blue.
1934
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