Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Ballad of Sherman Wu, artist - Pete Seeger. Album song Sing Out : 20 Topical Songs, Old and New : Pete Seeger with Banjo and 12 String Guitar, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 14.07.2016
Record label: Mach60
Song language: English
Ballad of Sherman Wu |
As I roved out on the streets of Northwestern |
I spied a young freshman dejected and blue, I said |
«Young man, why are you dejected?» |
He said, «I'm Chinese and I can’t join Psi U!» |
«I see by your frat pin that you are a Psi U |
If I had a frat pin I’d be one too |
But I can’t have a frat pin and I can’t be a Psi U |
I can’t be a Psi U because my name’s Sherman Wu» |
The dean said, «Now Sherman, don’t raise a commotion |
It’s wrong to wash laundry in public you know |
If he was just Jewish, Italian or German |
But he’s so damn Chinese the whole campus would know» |