A negress who was drinking milk
Ah! She said to herself, if I could
Dip my face in my bowl of milk
I would be whiter than all the English
A Britain in front of his chocolate
Ah! He said to himself, and why not
Dip my face in that stuff there
I would be blacker than a black from Kenya
An intellectual who was drinking tea
Ah! She said to herself, if I could
Dip my face in my cup of tea
I would be more yellow than the girls from Yang-Tse
An American who was drinking blood
Ah! He said to himself, if I had the time
To dig my face in my bowl of blood
I would be redder than a Mohican