Live At Tottenham Chance

THE PENCIL TEST Sportsman and entertainers, Opened their hands, Closed their eyes, And took Krugerrands.   Under apartheid, There was black, And white and, 14 types of coloured, And, to be seen, To be correct, The authorities Could the 14 reject, And a fifteenth, Select.   Like Mendel, And his peas, Recessive genes, Caused the sight Of the sleight, Change of colour, In children, No longer white.   Sometimes, The authorities, Couldn’t be sure, If a child was pure, So inspectors went, Into the schools, Followed the rules, And with great care, Placed a pencil in the hair, And a…

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