Jim the old black man
all over Harlem.
Hey old black man Jim !
He didn't have a second trumpet
like you did

The trumpet was howling in to the night
Whites and Blacks were shaking hands
Hey old black man Jim

Why should they burn the crops in the South
when there is starving children in the world ?
Who and why killed John (F.Kennedy)
What are our chidlren doing in Vietnam

Jim the old black man
in a dirty trench
Hey old black man Jim !
Now the trumpet
is howling louder

The trumpet was howling in to the night
Whites and Blacks were shaking hands
Hey old black man Jim