Who or what is Black Lucia about?
“… I can almost feel the sunshine, when Black Lucia led the white parade… she’s not your blue-eyed girl… Black Lucia lead me into night…” December 13th, in Sweden, is St. Lucia’s Day – a custom whereby Swedish people express their love for light. On this day a very young girl (usually she isn’t even 18) goes into the guest room and parents’/relatives’ bedrooms in the early morning, wearing a crown of candles around her head and, followed by a parade of young girls, she sings the famous neapolitan song Santa Lucia or some other traditional song. In this case it refers to a major procession in honour of St. Lucia, for which the young girls usually chosen to be Lucia are white and Roddy is referring to a particular instance when they chose a black girl. That’s why he says “she’s not your blue eyed girl…” and consequently the white parade is the parade of white girls who follows her. top Who is Sister Ann? “… Sister Ann says ‘there’s no need to find solace in anything if you do
