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Oh, hello Dolly, well, hello Dolly
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're lookin' swell, Dolly, I can tell, Dolly
You're still glowin', you're still crowin', you're still goin' strong

We feel the room swayin' while the band's playin'
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
So, take her wrap fellas, find her an empty lap, fellas
Dolly won't never ever go away again

Hey, hello Dolly, well, hello Dolly
It's really nice to have you back where you belong
Girl, you're lookin' swell, Dolly, I can tell, Dolly
Still glowin', still crowin', you're still goin' strong

We feel the room swayin' while the band's playin'
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
So, take her wrap fellas, find her a big fat lap, fellas
Dolly don't ever go away, Dolly don't you ever, ever go away
Dolly don't you ever go away again

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It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you've got
Oh, it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you got
Oh, it don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
It makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you've got
Don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
Don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
Makes no difference if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm everything you've got

Read more: Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean A Thing Lyrics | MetroLyrics

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967

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The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967

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I’ve known rivers:
I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
went down to New Orleans, and I’ve seen its muddy
bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I’ve known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

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He was one of the first famous musicians or the Harlem Renaissance. He was a jazz composer and a trumpet player. He is recognized as a founding father of jazz.

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During the Renaissance she felt the courage to express her sexuality and challenge the typical stereotypes of the time.

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MA RAINEY                  Misery Blues Lyrics

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MA RAINEY                  Misery Blues Lyrics

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I love my brownskin : indeed I do
But there was no use : *tell me thing or two*

I'm going to tell you : what I went and done
I give him all my money : just to have some fun

He told me that he loved me : loved me so
If I would marry him : I needn't to work no more

Now I'm grieving : almost dying
Just because I didn't know : that he was lying

I've got to go to work now : get another start
Work is the thing : that's breaking my heart

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I, Too, Sing America              by Langston Hughes

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I, Too, Sing America              by Langston Hughes

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I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

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MA RAINEY                    Prove It On Me Lyrics

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MA RAINEY                    Prove It On Me Lyrics

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Went out last night, had a great big fight
Everything seemed to go on wrong
I looked up, to my surprise
The gal I was with was gone.

Where she went, I don’t know
I mean to follow everywhere she goes;
Folks say I’m crooked. I didn’t know where she took it
I want the whole world to know.

They say I do it, ain’t nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me;
Went out last night with a crowd of my friends,
They must’ve been women, ‘cause I don’t like no men.

It’s true I wear a collar and a tie,
Makes the wind blow all the while
Don’t you say I do it, ain’t nobody caught me
You sure got to prove it on me.

Say I do it, ain’t nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me.

I went out last night with a crowd of my friends,
It must’ve been women, ‘cause I don’t like no men.
Wear my clothes just like a fan
Talk to the gals just like any old man

Cause they say I do it, ain’t nobody caught me
Sure got to prove it on me.

With this song Ma Rainey touches on theme of lesbianism.

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1920-1930

The Harlem Renaissance was an unprecedented explosion of African American art, music, and literature.

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Well, I know that things won't be the same
And I know that you're the one to blame
When you broke my heart and made me cry
I am gonna bid my weary blues goodbye

Weary blues have made me cry
Well, these weary blues I'm gonna bid goodbye
I know, I won't forget you but I'll try
You know I am gonna bid my weary blues goodbye

Well, I know that things won't be the same
And I know that you're the one to blame
When you broke my heart and made me cry
I am gonna bid my weary blues goodbye

Weary blues have made me cry
Well, these weary blues I am gonna bid goodbye
I know, I won't forget you but I'll try
I am gonna bid my weary blues goodbye
I am gonna bid my weary blues goodbye

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Harlem Renaissance's most notorious people

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Harlem Renaissance's most notorious people

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Musicians:

Louis Armstrong

Duke Ellington

Billie Holiday

Ella Fitzgerald

Writers:

Langston Hughes

Zora NealeHurston

Claude McKay

Countee Cullen

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"The New Negro Movement, the Harlem Renaissance was more than a literacy movement and more than a social revolt against racism, this era exalted the unique culture of African Americans and redefined African American expression".
Alain LeRoy Locke

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He was an African American Painter. He became famous for his Great Migration series. He tried to portrait the struggle of his culture for freedom and justice.

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Despite being one of the most outstanding artistic movements in American history, the Harlem Renaissance came to its end after little over a decade. The Great Depresion and the Harlem Riot were two events that lead to the fall of this precious period.

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During the Harlem Renaissance, the African American artist felt free to express their culture, their religion, their history trough their art, music, poems, books, plays, etc. Americans and the world were recognizing their talents.

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During the Harlem Renaissance African-American women were trying to break stereotypes like being seen as only working and picking cotton in the fields. They felt free to explor their beauty and sensuality.

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"….the Apollo probably exerted a greater influence upon popular culture than any other entertainment venue in the world. For blacks it was the most important cultural institution–not just the greatest black theatre, but a special place to come of age emotionally, professionally, socially, and politically. Ted Fox, “Showtime at the Apollo”

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African-American women during the Harlem Renaissance were proving themselves to be women of class and elegance and inspired others to follow suit. They became part of the movement and education became part of the movement.

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Jazz is a combination of African rhythms and European harmonies. This extraordinary  music style was created by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Many of the most notorious musicians of the Harlem Renaissance started their careers in this famous nightclub.