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Night funeral	A
In Harlem	B
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Where did they get	C
Them two fine cars	D
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Insurance man he did not pay	E
His insurance lapsed the other day	E
Yet they got a satin box	F
for his head to lay	E
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Night funeral	A
In Harlem	B
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Who was it sent	G
That wreath of flowers	H
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Them flowers came	I
from that poor boy's friends	J
They'll want flowers too	K
When they meet their ends	J
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Night funeral	A
in Harlem	B
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Who preached that	L
Black boy to his grave	M
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Old preacher man	N
Preached that boy away	E
Charged Five Dollars	H
His girl friend had to pay	E
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Night funeral	A
In Harlem	B
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When it was all over	O
And the lid shut on his head	P
and the organ had done played	Q
and the last prayers been said	P
and six pallbearers	H
Carried him out for dead	P
And off down Lenox Avenue	K
That long black hearse done sped	P
The street light	R
At his corner	O
Shined just like a tear	S
That boy that they was mournin'	K
Was so dear so dear	T
To them folks that brought the flowers	H
To that girl who paid the preacher man	K
It was all their tears that made	Q
That poor boy's	H
Funeral grand	U
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Night funeral	A
In Harlem	B

Langston Hughes

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