Uncle Sam Says-Josh White

[ti:Uncle Sam Says] [ar:Josh White] [al:Josh White: American Folk Hero] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Uncle Sam Says - Josh White [00:27.51]Well airplanes flying close to land and sea [00:32.14] [00:33.19]Everybody flying but a negro like me [00:36.35]Uncle Sam says [00:39.09] [00:39.73]Your place is on the ground [00:43.20] [00:45.02]When I fly my airplanes [00:48.59]Don't want no negro 'round [00:52.14] [00:54.69]The same thing for the navy [00:57.11]When ships goes to sea [00:59.24] [01:00.23]All they got is a mess boy's job for me [01:03.34]Uncle Sam says [01:05.96] [01:06.83]Keep on your apron son [01:09.39] [01:12.43]You know I ain't going to [01:13.96]Let you shoot my big navy gun [01:18.81] [01:21.10]Got my long government letter [01:23.53]It's my time to go [01:25.77]When I got to the army [01:27.39]Found the same old jim crow [01:29.53]Uncle Sam says [01:32.08] [01:33.09]Two camps for black and white [01:35.88] [01:38.52]But when trouble starts [01:40.41]We'll all be in that same big fight [01:44.62] [02:12.72]If you ask me I think democracy is fine [02:16.73]I mean democracy without a color line [02:20.97]Uncle Sam says [02:23.59] [02:24.33]We'll live the American way [02:27.07] [02:30.11]Let's get together and kill Jim Crow today