Someone Had To Pick The Cotton,

Someone Had To Pick The Corn,

Someone Had To Slave And Be Able To Sing,

That's Why Darkies Were Born;



Someone Had To Laugh At Trouble,

Though He Was Tired And Worn,

Had To Be Contented With Any Old Thing,

That's Why Darkies Were Born;



Sing, Sing, Sing When You're Weary And

Sing When You're Blue,

Sing, Sing, That's What You Taught

All The White Folks To Do;



Someone Had To Fight The Devil,

Shout About Gabriel's Horn,

Someone Had To Stoke The Train

That Would Bring God's Children To Green Pastures,

That's Why Darkies Were Born.