after Nanni Balestrini
“I just wanted the world to see
what they did to my baby”
—Mamie Till
$[0]
They tied up Till (steal away)
likely to kill just stay dead
Drove toward Money, Mississippi behind enemy lines
The dead trees will show you the way
See us free like Jesus we just won't stay dead
around your house To Moses, slowly
When the river ends steal away
I just wanted the world to see
the river bank makes for a good road
that Jesus is a friend with friends
$[1]
Jesus is a friend with friends
The river bank makes for a good road
Moses never lost a passenger
The dead trees will show you the way
they tied up Till Steal away
& just stay dead
Drove toward Money, Mississippi Behind enemy lines
when the wind blows the first quail call
sees us free Just like Jesus we won't stay dead
around your house To Moses slowly
$[2]
I just wanted the world to see
To holler down the lions in this air
Tracks laid from the south to the north
They tied up Till Steal away
around your house To Moses slowly
set us free and just like Jesus we won't stay dead
When the wind blows the first quail calls
Drove toward Money, Mississippi behind enemy lines
the river bank makes for a good road
trouble the water holler down the lions
$[3]
Bundle of wood Parcel Load of potatoes
People also ask what was Harriet Tubman's life like?
I just wanted the world to see—
Till tied up, stolen away
Patterrollers spread throughout the colonies
toward promised land
— what they did to my baby Behind enemy lines
our Moses never lost a passenger
on tracks laid from the south to the north
A friend of a friend of a friend sent me she said
the river bank makes for a good road
$[4]
People also ask why is Harriet Tubman important to the world?
I just wanted the world to see
flying bondsmen on French leave steal away
They say our Moses never lost a passenger
& just like Jesus we won't stay dead
The river bank makes for a good road
Emmett tied to a cotton-gin fan, shot in the head
From the south tracks laid to the north
She said a friend of a friend of a friend sent me
The wind blows the first quail call
$[5]
People also ask what is Harriet Tubman most famous for?
Flying bondsmen on French leave steal away
They drove Emmett Till toward Money, Mississippi
Behind enemy lines
our Moses never lost a passenger
People also ask why is Harriet Tubman important to the world?
Tracks pressed south to north She often said a friend
of a friend of a friend sent me & when the wind blows
& the first quail calls
the river bank makes for a good road
I just wanted the world to see
$[6]
“in no rush— the first quail calls
in each pound of dollar bills
slave patrol also called patterrollers
pattyrollers paddy rollers patrollers
three fourths a pound of cotton
Jesus is a friend with friends
—to put Tubman on the $20 bill.”
Our Moses never lost a passenger
The dollar hasn't changed: 3/4
People also ask what was Harriet Tubman’s life like?
People do not ask who picks the
I just wanted the world to see
See results about the murder of
$[7]
The dollar hasn't changed
People also ask what was Harriet Tubman's life like?
In each pound of dollar bills
slave patrol also called patterrollers
pattyrollers paddy rollers patrollers
people also ask why is Harriet Tubman important to the world?
Treasure secretary won't stay dead
of a pound of cotton
she said a friend of a friend of a friend sent me
Drove toward Money, Mississippi $$$$$$
in no rush the first quail calls
$[8]
People also ask what was Harriet Tubman’s life like?
In each pound of dollar bills—
Jesus is a friend with friends
Treasured secretary: just like Jesus we won't stay dead
Our Moses hollered down the lions
never lost a passenger
pound of cotton
slave patrol also called patterrollers
pattyrollers paddy rollers patrollers
in no rush the first quail calls
I just wanted the world to see
three fourths of a
$[10]
Treasure secretary “in no rush
People also ask why is Harriet Tubman important to the world?
people also ask what is Harriet Tubman
most most famous for?
The dollar hasn't changed
Money, Mississippi $$$$$$
Among our talents: to holler down the lions
People also ask what was Harriet Tubman’s life like?
Fying bondsmen on French leave steal away
I just wanted the world to see
to put Tubman on the $20 bill”
$[10]
They say Jesus is a friend with friends
and in each pound of dollar bills!
{slave patrol} also called {patterrollers
pattyrollers paddy rollers patrollers}
three fourths!
They say our Moses never lost a passenger
to put Tubman on the $20 bill”
just like Jesus we won't stay dead
of a pound of cotton!
I just wanted the world to see
drove toward Money, Mississippi $$$$$$
what they did to my baby
#!/usr/bin/env python
import random, textwrap
import sys
#code adapted for Python3
#code from github and translated from the Italian
#is a reconstruction of the method thought to have been used
#for Nanni Balestrini’s electronic poem Tape Mark 1, 1962
#Wikipedia was consulted for information about
#Mamie and Emmett Till, Harriet Tubman,
#the rock that struck Harriet Tubman in the head,
#and slave patrols.
#’To holler down the lions’ comes from
#’gay chaps at the bar’ by Gwendolyn Brooks