1.
Oh, sweet de wa’blin’ ob de mockin’ bu’d,
A singin’ to de moon his song ob love,
Oh, sweet de voice ob Dinah in de dew
A singin’, “Honey, you’s mah tu’tle dove”;
Oh, sweet de angel on de golden street
A singin’, “Satan sho’s a mighty fool,”
But nevah hab ah hu’d a voice so sweet
As Jasper’s brayin’, an’ he’s mah good ol’ mule.
2.
It soun’s jes’ lak de thundah in de sky
A rollin’ swiftly down to Jordan’s stream,
It soun’s jes’ lak de cannons in de war
A makin’ ob dis worl’ a mighty dream
It soun’s jes’ lak de shoutin’ ob de men
Dat lapped wid Gideon f’um out de pool,
It soun’s as if de sweetes’ note ob all
Am dat dat come f’um j es’ a plain ol’ mule.
Fenton Johnson
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