Grand Old Booker T 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 January 2011
2011

Mister Booker T worked for you and me
and he built a school so grand.
His talk was peace, working peace
On the Industrial plan,
He built a name, full of fame
and it spread all o'er this land,
now ain't that grand for a colored man
to build such a world wide name.

Now ain't that great and grand,
for any kind of man
to build a name so grand
in his own dear native land?
Now ain't that great and grand
for our dear old Southern Land
to produce a grand old Booker T.

Now ain't that great and grand,
for any kind of man
to build a name so grand
in his own dear native land?
Now ain't that great and grand
for our dear old Southern Land
to produce a grand old Booker T.

Mister Booker T was not born so free;
was a slave in this great land.
He made his place, working place,
a place we all call grand.
His working fame,
sent his name
to the Halls of ev'ry land,
Now ain't that grand
for a colored man
to build such a world wide name.

Now ain't that great and grand,
for any kind of man
to build a name so grand
in his own dear native land?
Now ain't that great and grand
for our dear old Southern Land
to produce a grand old Booker T.

Now ain't that great and grand,
for any kind of man
to build a name so grand
in his own dear native land?
Now ain't that great and grand
for our dear old Southern Land
to produce a grand old Booker T.

Soft karaoke
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Grand Old Booker T 1916
in memory of Dr.Booker T.Washington
by Dr. Joe T.Thomas
© 1916 by Dr. Joe T.Thomas
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Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14,
1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and
political leader. He was the dominant figure in the
African American community in the United States from 1890
to 1915. He was representative of the last generation of
black leaders born in slavery and spoke on behalf of
blacks living in the South. Washington was able throughout
the final 25 years of his life to maintain his standing as
the major black leader because of the sponsorship by
powerful whites, substantial support within the black
community, his ability to raise educational funds from
both groups, and his accommodation to the social realities
of the age of Jim Crow segregation.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuersday 11 January 2011 at 12.21
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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