Four Women

Nina Simone CDs

Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs of Freedom and Spirit (2006) / Anthology (2003) Nina: The Essential Nina Simone (2000, 2003)

The Very Best Of Nina Simone, 1967-1972 : Sugar In My Bowl (1998) / The Blues (1968, 1991) / Compact Jazz: Nina Simone (1989-1991)

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Four Women

By Nina Simone

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

My skin is yellow
My hair is long
Between two worlds
I do belong
My father was rich and white
He forced my mother late one night
What do they call me
My name is SAFFRONIA
My name is Saffronia

My skin is tan
My hair is 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 too rough
I'm awfully bitter these days
because my parents were slaves
What do they call me
My name is PEACHES

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"Four Women" written by Nina Simone in 1966

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update 6 July 2008