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Supper Time
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For the unreleased Static Major album, see Suppertime (disambiguation). For the meal concept, see Supper.
For other uses, see Supper-time (disambiguation).
"Supper Time" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1933 musical As Thousands Cheer, where it was introduced by Ethel Waters. The song is about racial violence inspired by a newspaper headline about a lynching.