Magic Lantern Presentation

Mama come quick; Daddy's got the wagon out

Mules hitched with bad intention

Never should have said it, never should have spoke a word

 ‘Bout the Magic Lantern Presentation

Mama talk sense into the man we love

Mr. Neumann owns this land for miles

Ain't nobody gonna hear what Papa says

Down at McKendrick's Mercantile

The hand of justice wears a watch of gold

Ain't no sharecropper going to turn those scales

A Pretty Little girl in a handmade dress

Won't never throw progress off the rails

First bloom of spring had started showing

A gentle breeze kept the heat at Bay

My first taste of independence

To see the world on a vaudeville stage

Mr. Neumann introduced us

To sights and cities he'd come from

Said he was honored to share his vision

Of what our small town could become

The hand of justice wears a watch of gold

Ain't no sharecropper going to turn those scales

A Pretty Little girl in a gingham dress

Won't never throw progress off the rails

All the questions I kept asking; Mr Neumann's pointed gaze

To gain important men's attention at such a youthful age

The hand of justice wears a watch of gold

Ain't no sharecropper going to turn those scales

A Pretty Little girl in a soiled dress

Won't never throw progress off the rails

Mama come quick; Daddy's got the wagon out

Mules hitched with bad intention

Never should have said it, never should have spoke a word

‘Bout the Magic Lantern Presentation

©2025 by Rees Shad (SESAC) & Shadville Music

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