Big Bill was aged 58 when he recorded this blues
about race discrimination, not 53 as he sings.
When I was born into this world,
this is what happened to me
I was never called a man,
and now I'm fifty-three
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get
to be called a man
Do I have to wait till
I get ninety-three?
When Uncle Sam called me,
I knowed I'd be called a real McCoy
But I got none of this,
they just called me soldier boy
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get
to be called a man
Do I have to wait till
I get ninety-three?
When I got back from overseas,
that night we had a ball
Next day I met the old boss,
he said "Boy get you some overalls"
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get
to be called a man
Do I have to wait till
I get ninety-three?
I've worked on the levee camps,
and axer gangs too
Black man's a boy,
don't care what he can do
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get
to be called a man
Do I have to wait till
I get ninety-three?
They aid I was uneducated,
my clothes were dirty and torn
Now I've got a little education,
but I'm still a boy right on
I wonder when
I wonder when
I wonder when will I get
to be called a man
Do I have to wait till
I get ninety-three?
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