Uncle Sam Says - Josh White

Well, airplanes flyin' 'cross the land and sea

Everybody flyin' but a Negro like me

Uncle Sam says, «Your place is on the ground

When I fly my airplanes, don’t want no Negro 'round»

The same thing for the Navy when ships goes to sea

All they got is a mess boy’s job for me

Uncle Sam says, «Keep on your apron, son

You know I ain’t gonna let you shoot my big Navy gun»

Got my long gov’ment letters, my time to go

When I got to the Army, found the same old Jim Crow

Uncle Sam says, «Two camps for black and white»

But when trouble starts, we’ll all be in that same big fight

If you ask me, I think democracy is fine

I mean democracy without the color line

Uncle Sam says, «We'll live the American Way»

Let’s get together and kill Jim Crow today