“

They took me out
to some lonesome place.
They said, ‘Do you believe
in the great white race?’

I said, ‘Mister,
to tell you the truth,
I’d believe in anything
if you’d just turn me loose.’

The white man said, ‘Boy
can it be
you’re a-standin’ there
a-sassin’ me?’

They hit me in the head
and knocked me down.
And then they kicked me
on the ground.

A klansman said, ‘Nigger,
look me in the face—
and tell me you believe in
the great white race.’

”