De hardes’ ob hard rows we hoes
Fo’ little pay, de goo’ Lawd knows.
Yet we hab kep’ de heart to sing
Enspite ob dat ah sort ob t’ing.
Aldough de outlook ain’t so bright
An’ t’ings doan seem to go jes right,
We still is mighty glad to say
Dat we ain’t plum fo’got to pray.
(Raymond Garfield Dandridge)
More Poetry from Raymond Garfield Dandridge:
- A Recalled Prayer (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- Weddah (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- In Ole Kintucky (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- Mah Depen' Able Fren' (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- Brother Mine (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)
- De Drum Majah (Raymond Garfield Dandridge Poems)