INTRO:

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The ink is black, the page is white,

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together we learn to read and write.

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The child is black, the child is white,

     B            E      F#
the whole world looks, upon the sight

             B    E    B
a beautiful sight.


BRIDGE:

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And now a child, can understand,

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that this is the law, of all the land,

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all the land.