Four Women

My skin is black, my arms are long



My hair is woolly, my back is strong



Strong enough to take the pain, inflicted again and again



What do they call me? My name is aunt Sarah



My name is aunt Sarah, aunt Sarah



My skin is yellow, my hair is long



Between two worlds I do belong



But my father was rich and white



He forced my mother late one night



And what do they call me?



My name is Saffronia, my name is Saffronia



My skin is tan, my hair fine



My hips invite you, my mouth like wine



Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy



What do they call me? My name is Sweet Thing



My name is Sweet Thing



My skin is brown, my manner is tough



I'll kill the first mother I see, my life has been rough



I'm awfully bitter these days, because my parents were slaves



What do they call me? My name is Peaches