Album: Seven Separate Fools (1972)

Charted: 1

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• The ink is black, the page is white
  Together we learn to read and write
  A child is black, a child is white
  The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
  
  And now a child can understand
  That this is the law of all the land, all the land
  
  The world is black, the world is white
  It turns by day and then by night
  A child is black, a child is white
  Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
  
  And now, at last, we plainly see
  We'll have a dance of liberty, liberty
  
  The world is black, the world is white
  It turns by day and then by night
  A child is black, a child is white
  The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight
  
  The world is black, the world is white
  It turns by day and then by night
  A child is black, a child is white
  Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
  
  The world is black, the world is white
  It turns by day and then by night
  A child is black, a child is white
  Together they grow to see the light, to see the light
  
  Come on, get it, get it
  Oh-oh, yeah, yeah
  Keep it up now, around the world
  Little boys and little girls
  Yeah, yeah, oh-oh Writer/s: David Arkin, Earl Robinson
  Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 13

• Robert Skwaryk from UsaIn Spring 1977, I assisted Earl Robinson in a recital honoring Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in Bellingham, Washington. I sat with him at the piano and turned the pages, and he allowed me to play the final note of his concerto.
• Jc from Jc From San Diego, CaMike, Remove the "robes" part!!!!!! trumps the original version of the song because Three Dog Night chose to leave those lyrics out. It's kind of hard to do when the Three Dog Night version came out years later. Guess we should rewrite the history of this song...
• Jack Wor from Torontogreat song, my fav Three Dog Night song
• Pete from Nowra, AustraliaSonny and Cher did a version as well
• George from Vancouver, CanadaHere's Freddie McGregor's folk original:
  https://youtu.be/RXIhYJO0564
• George from Vancouver, CanadaWhat I especially like about this song is it's not a gloomy protest song, but, rather, a celebration of the SCOTUS decision that effectively ended racial discrimination (change starts with the children)
  
  Dozens of antiwar songs, but not one to celebrate when Nixon brought the soldiers home!
• Wyatt from Anywhere, United StatesTom, can you read??? It says exactly that up above, Kevin already informed you of that fact and you still haven't bothered to look!!!! I just saw it but in case you can't scroll up I'll paste it for you, here it is.... Are you ready now?
  
  The original Folk song (but not Three Dog Night's version) includes the line, "Their robes were black, their heads were white" which refers to the judges.
• Brian from Paris, TxI don't know about you guys, but this has always been my favorite TDN song!
• Dave from Oak Park, MiEh, it's a POST-Flower Power, Feel-Gone song! (Flower Power was what I thought was back with the Hippie enui)
  
  The GRAYHOUND version of this b/w "Moon River" was a one-and-only A&M Single. I don't know what label "I Am What I Am" was released on or released with.
• Tom from Green Bay, WiKevin, DC... Then the part about the Robes lyric should be posted under Earl Robinson, not the TDN listing. (or should be plainly labelled that that particular lyric was not used in the TDN remake).
• Kevin from Washington, DcDoes anybody read the actual songfacts before they comment?!?
  
  Tom & Mike - the black robes/white heads line is cleary in reference to the original composition of the song by Earl Robinson. They never said that TDN recorded those lines; they said the original lyrics included that line.
• Mike from Fort Worth, TxRemove the "robes" part!!!!!! It's not in the 3 dog night version....okay? Typical flower power, feel good song.
• Tom from Green Bay, WiBetter check the lyric sheet... There is NO mention of black robes or white heads. (Does anybody check this stuff before it's posted?!)

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