The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest / The writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice; selected from twenty-five languages; covering a period of five thousand years

by Unknown

After I kneeled there with them

An’ many prayers was said.

An’ so fergive me, Jesus,

I didn’t mean no harm—

An’ outside it was zero,

An’ inside it was warm....

Yes, I was cold an’ hungry,—

An’, O Thou Crucified,

Thou friend of all the Lowly,

Fergive the lie I lied!