The Rivals (James Weldon Johnson Poems)
Look heah! Is I evah tole you 'bout de curious way I wonAnna Liza? Say, I nevah? Well heah's how ...
Look heah! Is I evah tole you 'bout de curious way I wonAnna Liza? Say, I nevah? Well heah's how ...
"No," said old Farmer Downs to me, "I ain't the facts denyin',That all young folks in love must be, As birds must ...
Caught Susanner whistlin'; well, It's most nigh too good to tell. 'Twould 'a' b'en too good to see Ef it had n't b'en ...
Wen I git up in de mo'nin' an' de clouds is big an' black, Dey's a kin' o' wa'nin' shivah goes ...
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel, An' you 'mence to feel a ticklin' in yo' toe ...
Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun' Wen de sunshine 's shoutin' glory in de ...
_We'd_ never thought of takin' 'em,--'t was Mary Ann's idee,--Sence she got back from boardin'-school she's called herself "Maree"An' scattered ...
De win' is hollahin' "Daih you" to de shuttahs an' de fiah, De snow's a-sayin' "Got you" to de groun', Fu' de ...
(Negro Love Song)Breeze a-sighin' and a-blowin',Southern summer night.Stars a-gleamin' and a-glowin',Moon jes shinin' right.Strollin', like all lovers do,Down de lane ...
TWO little boots all rough an' wo',Two little boots!Laws, I's kissed 'em times befo',Dese little boots!Seems de toes a-peepin' thooDis ...
They ain't no style about 'em,And they're sorto' pale and faded,Yit the doorway here, without 'em,Would be lonesomer, and shadedWith ...
De trees is bendin' in de sto'm, De rain done hid de mountain's fo'm, I 's 'lone an' in distress. But listen, dah ...
EF you's only got de powah fe' to blow a little whistle,Keep ermong de people wid de whistles.Ef you don't, ...
(A Negro Serenade)De river is a-glistenin' in de moonlight,De owl is set'n high up in de tree;De little stars am ...
Folks has be'n to town, and SahryFetched 'er home a pet canary--,And of all the blame', contrary,Aggervatin' things alive!I love ...
When I'm out among the fellows, with the work to hold my mind,Then there's heaps of joy in livin' an' ...
Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!Mighty glad I ain't ...
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