How Lucy Backslid (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way, Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day; An' ...
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way, Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day; An' ...
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel, An' you 'mence to feel a ticklin' in yo' toe ...
I done got 'uligion, honey, an' I 's happy ez a king; Evahthing I see erbout me 's jes' lak sunshine ...
Jes' beyan a clump o' pines,-- Lis'n to 'im now!--Hyah de jolly black boy, Singin', at his plow!In de early mornin', Thoo de ...
SOME folks t'inks hit's right an' p'opah,Soon ez bedtime come erroun',Fu' to scramble to de kiver,Lak dey'd hyeahed de trumpet ...
Slow de night 's a-fallin', An' I hyeah de callin, Out erpon de lonesome hill; Soun' is moughty dreary, Solemn-lak an' skeery, Sayin' fu' to ...
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