Four Women

My skin is black, my arms are long

My hair is woolly, my back is strong

Strong enough to take the pain, inflicted again and again

What do they call me?

My name is aunt

SarahMy name is aunt

Sarah, aunt

SarahMy skin is yellow, my hair is long

Between two worlds

I do belong

But my father was rich and white

He forced my mother late one night

And what do they call me?

My name is

Saffronia, my name is

SaffroniaMy skin is tan, my hair fine

My hips invite you, my mouth like wine

Whose little girl am

I? Anyone who has money to buy

What do they call me?

My name is

Sweet Thing

My name is

Sweet Thing

My skin is brown, my manner is tough

I'll kill the first mother

I see, my life has been rough

I'm awfully bitter these days, because my parents were slaves

What do they call me?

My name is

Peaches