Langston Hughes
In a gown of gold?
In the first garden
Six long-headed jazzers play.
A dancing girl whose eyes are bold
Oh, shining rivers of the soul!
Oh, shining tree!
Oh, silver rivers of the soul!
Six long-headed jazzers play.
Was Cleopatra gorgeous
Oh, silver tree!
Were Eves eyes
In a Harlem cabaret
Just a bit too bold?
Oh, shining rivers of the soul!
Oh, singing tree!
Jazzonia
Lifts high a dress of silken gold.
Ina whirling cabaret
