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Cabaret by Langston Hughes
12022-01-05T15:03:51-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12132plain2022-01-08T12:00:03-05:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Does a jazz-band ever sob? They say a jazz-band's gay. Yet as the vulgar dancers whirled And the wan night wore away, One said she heard the jazz-band sob When the little dawn was grey.