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Le sporting-club de Monte Carlo (for Lena Horne)


The lady is a tramp
       a camp
       a lamp


The lady is a sight
       a might
       a light
the lady devastated
an alley or two
reverberated through the valley
which leads to me, and you


the lady is the apple
of God's eye:
He's cool enough about it
but He tends to strut a little
when she passes by


the lady is a wonder
daughter of the thunder
smashing cages
legislating rages
with the voice of ages
singing us through.

Written by James Baldwin (1924-1987)

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