Galt MacDermot
Colored Spade
[HUD]
I'm a colored spade, a nigra, a black n***a
A jungle bunny, jigaboo, coon, pickaninny, mau mau
Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, Little Black Sambo
Cotton pickin', swamp guinea, junk man, shoeshine boy
Elevator operator, table cleaner at Horn and Hardart
Slave, voodoo zombie, Ubangi-lipped
Flat-nosed tap dancer, resident of Harlem

[HUD & ENSEMBLE]
And President of
The United States of Love
Ah, hah, President of
The United States of Love

[HUD, spoken]
Eh shit
You invite this man to dinner, you gonna have to feed him

[ENSEMBLE]
President of
The United States of Love
President of
The United States of Love

[HUD]
Watermelon, hominy grits, and shortnin' bread
Alligator ribs, and pig tails, ha!
Some black eyed peas
Lord, chitlins, ha!
Some watermelon, hominy grits
Shortnin' bread, alligator ribs
Pig tails, black eyed peas
Collard greens
And if you don't watch out
The boogie man will get you
Booooooooo
[ENSEMBLE, spoken]
Did you hear what he said - the boogie man?
That cat's gotta be out of his mind
I think he said boogie man
Ain't that a bitch?
Sure is nasty
(sung)
So you say

[HUD, spoken]
So you say
Eh eh