Original Faubus Fables by Charles Mingus
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but Rin was first
Probably my favorite Mingus. And of course the brilliant, Eric Dolphy.
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Yes I listen to the same things over and over. But what a thing this is!
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Oh Lord, don't let them shoot us Oh Lord, don't let them stab us Oh Lord, don't let them tar and feather us Oh Lord, no more swastikas! Oh Lord, no more Ku Klux Klan! Name me someone ridiculous, Dannie [Dannie:] Governor Faubus Why is he sick and ridiculous? [Dannie:] He won't permit integrated schools (Mingus: Then he's a fool) Boo! Nazi fascist supremacists/Boo Ku Klux Klan! Name me a handful that's ridiculous. Dannie Richmond? [Dannie:] Bilbo. Faubus. [Unintelligible]. Rockefeller. [Unintelligible]. Eisenhower. Why are they so sick and ridiculous? [Dannie:] Two, four, six, eight [All:] They brainwash and teach you hate!
"dedicated to the first, or second or third, all-American heel"
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