TO DR. JOHN DUDLEY DUNHAM AND WILBUR DUNHAM,
Columbus, Ohio.
De li’l brac’ sheep
Tromp ‘roun’ all day,
Way in de lonesome medder,
He git los’ fum de res’
Ob de fol’ an’ lay
Out in de rain drap wedder.
He tuck ‘imse’f up,
Chuck full ob chill,
An’ lis’en,
Sof’ly lis’en,
To hyar de massa
Call fum de hill
To tell dat he
Am miss’n.
He look eroun’
An’ peer en’ peer,
Wid er feelin’
Kineder skeery.
Den he tromp
An’ tromp
Dis way an’ tutter
Till ergin ergittin’ weary.
He sot down ergin
Kineder solemn lak
An’ he drap his head
In ponder
Jes’ er tryin’ hard
To solve er way
To git out ob
His quander.
But it seem
De mo’ he tink
An’ tink
His head chucks up
Wid muddle
An’ he tink an tink
His se’f to sleep
Till ergin
He lay in er huddle.
Finally he hyars
De call ergin
An’ de po’ li’l brac’
Sheep waken,
An’ he hop up kineder slo’
Lak he got er li’l’ doubt
While his chilly frame
Keep shakin’.
Den he tromp off slo’.
An’ he peep an’ peep,
An’ he lif’ up his head
An’ lis’en,
To hyar dat voice
Call out some mo’
To say dat he am missin’.
Las’ de call come slo’
In er solemn tone,
An’ he stop an’ peer
An’ lis’en,
An’ he caper wiff glee
Fum bone to bone
Kaze he kno’
Dat he am missin’.
An’ he tarn his head
To koch de pint
Fom which de soun’
Am trab’lin
Den he stawt off slo’
An’ he tromp an’ tromp
Til de massa
Come up an’ grab ‘im.
(Elliott Blaine Henderson)
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