Silhouette
(1987)- Music by John Musto
- Text by Langston Hughes
"Silhouette" is the first song in Musto's song cycle Shadow of the Blues.
Silhouette
by Langston Hughes
Southern gentle lady,
Do not swoon.
They've just hung a black man
In the dark of the moon.
They've hung a black man
To a roadside tree
In the dark of the moon
For the world to see
How Dixie protects
Its white womanhood.
Southern gentle lady,
Be good!
Be good!
--The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, p. 305
