Plantation echoes : $b a collection of original Negro dialect poemsHenderson, Elliott Blaine
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Plantation echoes : $b a collection of original Negro dialect poems
Henderson, Elliott Blaine
American poetry -- African American authors; Dialect poetry, American
Doan’ lag an’ fool
Erlong de way—
Hus’el!
Doan’ ’spec’ to do
All in er day—
Hus’el!
Things will cum
Out by an’ by,
Musen’ stop
To stew an’ sigh.
Den’s when success
May be nigh—
Hus’el!
Take no time
Fo’ lookin’ back—
Hus’el!
T’ see whose cumin’
On de track—
Hus’el!
Ebbry time
Yo’s losin’ groun’,
Time yo’ take
Fo’ gawkin ’roun’.
Ef yo’ ’spec’
To git er crown—
Hus’el!
Ef yo’ ’spec’
Er good co’n crop—
Hus’el!
Nebah git it
Ef yo’ stop—
Hus’el!
Ef yo’ ’spec’
De corn to gro’
Full co’n stawks
In ebbry ro’,
Doan’ be skaid
To use de hoe—
Hus’el!
Take no time
To argufy—
Hus’el!
T’ make sum fellah
Out er lie—
Hus’el!
Ha’f de time
Yo’s losin’ win’,
Same time doin’
Er little sin.
Aftah all
Yo’ nuffin in—
Hus’el!
GO SLEEP.
Go sleep, li’l’ pickahninny!
Go sleep!
De boogahman koch yo’
Ef yo’ peep!
Go sleep!
He prowlin’ ’roun’
Sof’ ez er cat—
He kno’ whah
Li’l’ pickahninny’s at—
Go sleep!
Go sleep, li’l’ pickahninny!
Go sleep!
Still ez er mouse
When creepin’ keep—
Go sleep!
De boogahman
Am moighty peert!
He sly ol’ fox
Dat’s on de ’lert!
Go sleep!
Go sleep, li’l’ pickahninny!
Go sleep!
I hyeah de boogahman
Creep, creep creep!
Go sleep!
He kotch er hol’
An’ shake de do’—
An’ ope his mouf
An’ said wo’, wo’!
Go sleep!
KAZE DE SUN AM SINKIN’.
Droopy, droopy, am de flow’rs,
Petals closed an’ shrinkin’,
Gone er sleepin’ an’ er doze—
Kaze de sun am sinkin’!
All de day er lookin’ gran’
An’ er ’fumein’ up de lan’,
Baskin’ now in slumbah’s stran’—
Kaze de sun am sinkin’!
Droopy, droopy, am de flow’rs,
Petals closed an’ shrinkin’
Peepahs shet an’ fas’ ersleep,
Kaze de sun am sinkin’!
Crystal brooklet glidin’ ’long
Chants to dem er cradle song,
Res’ an’ slumbah, weary throng—
Kaze de sun am sinkin’!
Droopy, droopy am de flow’rs,
Petals closed an’ shrinkin’,
Lull’d ersleep in fairy realm,
Kaze de sun am sinkin’!
All dey tinsels tints an’ hue
Dat attracts de bees an’ woo,
Closed dey now am all to view—
Kaze de sun am sinkin’!
Droopy, droopy, am de flow’rs,
Petals closed an’ shrinkin’!
Soon will wake wid birds an’ bees,
When de sun’s dun sinkin’!
When de sunlight mounts to view,
At de tech o’ mornin’s dew
Once mo’ will dey ope to view—
Kaze de sun’s dun sinkin’!
SOFT FALLS THE NIGHT.
This Poem is dedicated to MISS ANNA HALL SMITH.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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