Uncle Esau’s Courtin’. (Elliott Blaine Henderson Poems)
TO P. W. CHAVERS, Columbus, O. Whut's dat chile, whut's dat yo' ax me? Tell yo' how I ustah court? ...
TO P. W. CHAVERS, Columbus, O. Whut's dat chile, whut's dat yo' ax me? Tell yo' how I ustah court? ...
This wrecched worldes transmutacioun,As wele or wo, now povre and now honour,Withouten ordre or wys discreciounGoverned is by Fortunes errour.But ...
To MR. E. H. SHARP. Blue bird an' de killdee Am er flittin' by! Spring time chillun! An' de fishin' ...
To DR. SHERMAN LEACH, Columbus, Ohio. Was yo' at de dance an' 'sepshun? At siss Poodle's Chewsday night? Didn't git ...
When de banjo am er plinkin' An' de fiddle am er squeakin' An' de ditties comes sweet, An' de ditties ...
TO PROFESSOR WM. O. VINEY, Indianapolis, Ind. AND C. W. DORFLINGER, Columbus, Ohio. He'p you'se'f, mah bruddah, Jes' make yo'se'f ...
TO S. NEAL HALLOCK. Sing dat song once mo'! Miss Mandy. Jes' once mo', jes' ef' yo' please. It sounds ...
TO DR. JOHN DUDLEY DUNHAM AND WILBUR DUNHAM, Columbus, Ohio. De li'l brac' sheep Tromp 'roun' all day, Way in ...
TO CALVIN W. REYNOLDS, Columbus, O. Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Cums fum de owl, De mos' com'kul Ub all de ...
TO N. H. CARDWELL, COLUMBUS, O. Ef yo' hain't got er nickel Ner yo' hain't got er dime, An' yo' ...
TO DANIEL J. RYAN AND C. H. CARPENTER, Columbus, Ohio. Lookin' nice to-night, Miss Liza, Yo's out dressed 'em all ...
TO MRS. HENRY LINDEN. Dey's nuffin' lak joy, An' dey's nffin' lak shout To drive erway de trouble An' to ...
Somtyme the world was so stedfast and stableThat mannes word was obligacioun,And now it is so fals and deceivableThat word ...
1.Oh' Fiddlah Ike's a-playin' to de moonErbout his wife dat died away las' June.He play de saddes' tune in all ...
1.Mandy's sleepin' wid de angels now -Mandy dat was sweetes' ob dem all -An' we laid huh side de hic'ry ...
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 ...
Dey is times in life when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ...
Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah, Frost a-comin' in de night, Hicka' nuts an' wa'nuts fallin', Possum keepin' out o' sight. ...
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-- Put dat music book away; What's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'? Why, Ike Johnson, -- yes, fu' sho! Come in, Ike. I's mighty glad You ...
I WAS born on the prairie and the milk of its wheat, the red of its clover, the eyes of ...
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