Benjamin Banneker
Billy Kemp
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Benjamin Banneker laid the lines for the city Where the Capitol would soon come to be He knew the sky he knew the math but always questioned Why on earth cannot my people be set free Benjamin Banneker loved the stars and the bible He grew tobacco and he kept honey bees He lived in a hollow in a place called Oella Ay fifty eight he taught himself astronomy Up early in the morning Fields to tend Sweet music in the evening Under twinkling skies amen Benjamin Banneker was the grandson of a slave man Who sailed from Senegal the son of a chief His grandmother Molly was a self made woman Who saved her life in Londontown cause she could read Benjamin Banneker never married but he had friends Who lent him books he'd read at his desk by his bed He taught himself all of his letters and his numbers He made a clock that kept good time the people said Tic Toc went his clock Tobacco went rolling Down to the docks While the church bells were tolling Benjamin Banneker loved to sit for many hours In the afternoons and watch his bees Then after supper he would play on his fiddle And every night he'd give his thanks down on his knees Lay down in the evening Let his soul ascend Deny his achievements Over burning skies amen Benjamin Banneker laid the lines for the city Where the Capitol has come to be He knew the stars he knew the math but always questioned Why on earth cannot my people be set free
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