B F# B F#
The ink is black, the page is white,
B E F#
together we learn to read and write.
B F# B F#
A child is black, a child is white;
B E F#
the whole world looks upon the sight,
B E B
a beautiful sight.
ÇBRIDGE:
F# B
And now a child can understand
F#
that this is the law of all the land,
F# E Eb C#
all the land.
VERSE:
B F# B F#
The world is black, the world is white.
B E F#
It turns by day, and turns by night.
B F# B F#
A child is black, a child is white,
B E F#
together they grow to see the light,
B E B
to see the light.
BRIDGE:
F# B
And now, at last, we plainly see
F#
the alphabet of liberty,
F# E Eb C#
of liberty.
Composição de M: Earl Robinson; L: David Arkin;