Monologue

Voice Monologue from The mule-bone

From The mule-bone by Langston Hughes

any · joyful · 1:42 min

All right now, boys, do it for Daisy jus’ as good as you do for dem white folks over in Maitland. DAVE & JIM. (Beginning to sing) Got on the train, Didn’t have no fare, But I rode some, I rode some. Got on the train, Didn’t have no fare, But I rode some, But I rode some. Got on the train, Didn’t have no fare, Conductor asked me what I’m doin’there, But I rode some! Grabbed me by the neck And led me to the door. But I rode some, But I rode some. Grabbed me by the neck And led me to the door. But I rode some, But I rode some. Grabbed me by the neck, And led me to the door. Rapped me cross the head with a forty-four, But I rode some. First thing I saw in jail Was a pot of peas. But I rode some, But I rode some. First thing I saw in jail Was a pot of peas. But I rode some, But I rode some. The peas was good, The meat was fat, Fell in love with the chain gang jus’ for that, But I rode some. (DAVE acts out the song in dancing pantomime and when it ends there are shouts and general exclamations of approval from the crowd.)

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