Sylvester’s Dying Bed (Langston Hughes Poems)
I woke up this mornin''Bout half-past three.All the womens in townWas gathered round me.Sweet gals was a-moanin',"Sylvester's gonna die!"And a ...
I woke up this mornin''Bout half-past three.All the womens in townWas gathered round me.Sweet gals was a-moanin',"Sylvester's gonna die!"And a ...
GOO'-BY, Jinks, I got to hump,Got to mek dis pony jump;See dat sun a-goin' down'N' me a-foolin' hyeah in town!Git ...
Wondah whut on earf tiz ails me,Seems I see mo' outlan'ish t'ings,Sech ez wagons pullin' hosses,An' red mens, wid horns ...
STANDIN' at de winder,Feelin' kind o' glum,Listenin' to de raindropsPlay de kettle drum,Lookin' crost de meddersSwimmin' lak a sea;Lawd 'a' ...
DE dog go howlin' 'long de road,De night come shiverin' down;My back is tiahed of its load,I cain't be fu' ...
Goin' down the road, Lawd,Goin' down the road.Down the road, Lawd,Way,way down the road.Got to find somebodyTo help me carry ...
De hardes' ob hard rows we hoesFo' little pay, de goo' Lawd knows.Yet we hab kep' de heart to singEnspite ...
TO DR. E.A. WHITMIRE, Columbus, Ohio Mah frens an' fellah trabblers, Ah rise tonight to say, Dat ah feels mos' ...
Howdy sistah Tootles! Ah's jes' er passin' by. Thought I'd kindah drap in Let yo' kno' revival's nigh. Hain't seed ...
TO P. W. CHAVERS, Columbus, O. Whut's dat chile, whut's dat yo' ax me? Tell yo' how I ustah court? ...
TO N. H. FAIRBANKS. Sistah! Bress Gawd! Thot I'd drap in jes' er while, See ef yo's er gittin' 'long ...
To DR. SHERMAN LEACH, Columbus, Ohio. Was yo' at de dance an' 'sepshun? At siss Poodle's Chewsday night? Didn't git ...
Possum time? Dahky take up de trail. Rahbit skirtin' thoo de thicket, In de barn yawd sots de quail. Cum ...
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 ...
Easy does it - bit o' trench 'ere,Mind that blinkin' bit o' wire,There's a shell 'ole on your left there,Lift ...
TO CALVIN W. REYNOLDS, Columbus, O. Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Cums fum de owl, De mos' com'kul Ub all de ...
TO DR. E. J. WILSON, Columbus, Ohio, and E.G. BURKHAM, Editor of Columbus Dispatch Rode on dat ah 'lectric kyah! ...
1.Mandy's sleepin' wid de angels now -Mandy dat was sweetes' ob dem all -An' we laid huh side de hic'ry ...
1.Ah lubs de worl'. - Kain't he'p it, dat's mah way.Futh'mo' Ah lubs de night, Ah lubs de day,Ah lubs ...
De gray owl sing fum de chimbly top: "Who-who-is-you-oo?" En I say: "Good Lawd, hit's des po 'me, En ...
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then! I'm mad and disgusted With ...
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