Jazz-Boys John Alden Carpenter

Sleek black boys in a cabaret
Jazz-band, jazz-band,–
Play, plAY, PLAY!
Tomorrow…who knows?
Dance today!

White girls' eyes
Call gay black boys
Black boys’ lips
Grin jungle joys

Dark brown girls
In blond men's arms
Jazz-band, jazz-band,–
Sing Eve's charms!

White ones, brown ones
What do you know
About tomorrow
Where all paths go?

Jazz-boys, jazz-boys,–
Play, plAY, PLAY!
Tomorrow…is darkness
Joy today!