The Hanging Of Black Kudjo (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
WELL, Maussa! if you wants to heer, I'll tell you 'bout um 'true.Doh de berry taut ob dat bad time ...
WELL, Maussa! if you wants to heer, I'll tell you 'bout um 'true.Doh de berry taut ob dat bad time ...
You axin' sah 'bout Linkum — w'y sho'ly youse been tol''Bout my po' chil — Gawd bless him — he ...
W'y, Sam, I'se glad to see you, I sho' is fur ur fac';W'y, man, hit teks de lameness right outn' ...
Bring out my bawnjer, Susan, and Rastus shek de fiah,De coons am all flockin' in, ur Daddy am ur liah.Hyuh's ...
Go 'way, fiddle! folks is tired o' hearin' you a-squawkin'. Keep silence fur you' betters! don't you heah de banjo ...
[Aunt Susan sends Uncle Eph to town to sell the cow. Meeting Farmer Johnson with a dun mule, he makes ...
I'm de only one left ob de Colony niggers; How things do meander away!When dey count my yeahs dey break down ...
De people call me er kunger,Jes kase I du sum tricks;Jes, kase I'se got dis lucky black bone.Kan't gedder rutes ...
Shet up dat noise, you chillen! Dar's some one at de do'.Dribe out dem dogs; you 'Rastus, tek Linkum off ...
An old man living near his master,Ever since he was made free;He saw in him an evil spirit,A spirit that ...
You kin talk erbout yo' 'lasses an' yo' steamin' buckwheat cakes,'Bout yo' eisters fried in crackers, an' yo' juicy hot ...
Oh, praise an' tanks! De Lord he comeTo set de people free;An' massa tink it day ob doom,An' we ob ...
Ur ol' Hyar lib in ur house on de hill,He hunner yurs ol' an' nebber wuz ill;He yurs dee so ...
A million feet above the ground (For so it seemed in winding round), A million, and two more, The latter stiff and sore, While ...
Ob all de subjicts I kin read,Or reason on so well,De one I cum tonight to plead,Is de one I ...
ROUND de meadows am a-ringingDe darkeys' mournful song,While de mocking-bird am singing,Happy as de day am long.Where de ivy am ...
De time is nebber dreary if de darkey nebber groans;De ladies nebber weary wid de rattle of de bones:Den come ...
O, praise an' tanks! De Lord he come To set de people free; An' massa tink it day ob ...
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