Dark Sands (1937)

Paul Robeson: Cpl. Jericho Jackson

Quotes 

• Capt. Mack : I know its tough, all right; but, war is tough, isn't it?

  Cpl. Jericho Jackson : Yes, war. But, I want to learn how to kill? No, but they taught me and taught me until my arms ached sinking steel into sandbags. These hands that I want to use to heal, to save life, to give life, turned into hands for killing.

• Cpl. Jericho Jackson : [singing]  Nobody knows what lies ahead, Right from the day they're born, Nobody knows what lies ahead, Beyond tomorrow's dawn, One way there's trouble and lonely state, One way a rainbow, Which will you take?

• Cpl. Jericho Jackson : Chaplain said that the wise men found truth and righteousness in the desert.

• Cpl. Jericho Jackson : [singing]  Mammy's little baby loves shortening, shortening, Mammy's little baby loves shortening bread...