Lyrics Ballad of Sherman Wu - Pete Seeger

Ballad of Sherman Wu - Pete Seeger
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»

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Artist lyrics: Pete Seeger