Hard Daddy by Langston Hughes — Read

I went to ma daddy, / Says Daddy I have got de blues.

Went to ma daddy, / Says Daddy I have got de blues.

Ma daddy says Honey / Can't you bring no better news?

I cried on his shoulder but / He turned his back on me.

Cried on his shoulder but / He turned his back on me.

He said a woman's cryin's / Never gonna bother me.

I wish I had wings to / Fly like de eagle flies.

Wish I had wings to / Fly like de eagle flies.

I'd fly on ma man an'

I'd scratch out both his eyes.