| When I was a little boy |
| Stayed way down south |
| Had to wear second-handed clothes |
| Live out back-a the big house |
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| Things have changed |
| Yes, we on the moon, now |
| They wouldn't let us play together |
| Now, we could go to most an school, now |
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| We used to pick the cotton |
| Til we got too old |
| Tell me, who was the first man |
| Ta go to the North Pole? |
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| Things have changed |
| Yes, we on the moon, now |
| We used to wear boots everyday |
| Now we wearin' bran' new shoes |
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| We plowed the mule |
| That lived out back-a the hut |
| Tell me who was the first man |
| Made oil out of a peanut? |
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| Things have changed |
| Oh, we on the moon, now |
| They used to wouldn't let us play together |
| Now, we can go to most any school, now |
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| You know they call us, 'coon' |
| Say we didn't have no sense |
| You gon' wake up one mornin' |
| An the ol' coon will be the president |
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| Things have changed |
| Oh, we on the moon, now |
| You gon' wake up one mornin' |
| An' it'll be a coon a-sittin' on the moon |
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