Hard Daddy

Langston Hughes, 1927

 

I went to ma daddy,

Says Daddy I have got the blues.

Went to ma daddy,

Says Daddy I have got the blues.

Ma daddy say, Honey,

Can't you bring no better news?

I cried on his shoulder but

He turned his back on me.

Cried on his shoulder but

He turned his back on me.

He said a woman's cryin's

Never gonna bother me.

I wish I had wings to

Fly like the eagle flies.

Wish I had wings to

Fly like the eagle flies.

I'd fly on ma man an'

I'd scratch out both his eyes.