Mourners
Oh...
Oh...
Oh...

Sarah's Friend
There's a day of hope
May I live to see,
When our hearts are happy
And our souls are free
Let the new day dawn,
Oh, Lord, I pray
We'll never get to heaven
Till we reach that day

Mourners
It's a day of peace
A day of pride

Sarah's Friend
A day of pride

Mourners
A day of justice
We have been denied

Sarah's Friend
It's been denied

Mourners
When a man can live,
And a child can play
We'll never get to heaven
Till we reach that day

Coalhouse
What they did to her,
What they took from her
She had life in her,
Lord, she had my baby
Look what they left of her,
Left of her,
Left of my girl

Emma
She was nothing
To them,
She was a woman

Coalhouse
My girl

Mother and Emma
Nothing and no one to them,

Emma, Mother, and Coalhouse
So they beat her
And beat her and beat her and...

Mourners
A day of peace

Coalhouse
There was blood on the ground

Mourners
A day of pride

Coalhouse, Emma, and Mother
She was only a girl
A day of justice

Coalhouse, Emma, Younger Brother, Mother, Father It will happen again
We have been denied

Immigrant, Harlem
It will happen again
And again
And again
Let the new day dawn
Oh, Lord...

Tateh
Why does nobody care?

Younger Brother, Emma
There is blood in the air!

Women
We have voices and souls!

Coalhouse, Mother, Emma, Younger Brother
What is wrong with this country?

Immigrants
She was somebody's child!

Harlem Men
There are Negroes out there!

Immigrants, Blacks, Women, and EmmaThere are people out there!

All Give the people
A day of peace
A day of pride
A day of justice
We have been denied
Let the new day dawn,
Oh, Lord, I pray...

We'll never get to heaven
Till we reach that day

-Ragtime