1987
Silhouette
Composed by 
John Musto
John Musto Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Shadow of the Blues Song Collection
"Silhouette" is the first song in Musto's song cycle Shadow of the Blues.
Text
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
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