Yaller

HOMER HAYNES, JETHRO BURNS

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Dark folk, white folk, but never a hand,
They say to this man,
"You're yaller, you're yaller, you're yaller, you're just a yaller."

A
Black folk, white folk, I'm learning a lot,
You know what I am, I know what I'm not,

be
Ain't even black, I ain't even white,
I ain't like the day and I ain't like the night.
Feeling mean, so inbetween, I'm just a high yaller.

be
Ain't even bad, I ain't even good,
I don't understand and I ain't understood,
Not a friend sticks to the end when you're yaller.

see
Take me to a church and make me pray,
Make me sing a psalm there;
You better leave my soul in a crude cafe,
I don't even belong there.

be
Oh Lord, can't you make a sinner a saint,
Why did you start me but run out of paint,
Pass me by, a no-'count yellow man.

be
Lord only knows, I'm trying to rest,
I want to be down with a load on my chest.
Make my bed; wish I were dead,
A yaller man.

Trivia about the song Yaller by Cab Calloway

When was the song “Yaller” released by Cab Calloway?
The song Yaller was released in 1967, on the album “Cabulous Calloway”.
Who composed the song “Yaller” by Cab Calloway?
The song “Yaller” by Cab Calloway was composed by HOMER HAYNES, JETHRO BURNS.

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