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' ...
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs, In dis howlin' wildaness,Fu' to speak some words of comfo't To each othah in distress.An' we ...
I has hyeahd o' people dancin' an' I 's hyeahd o' people singin'. An' I 's been 'roun' lots of othahs ...
Tek a cool night, good an' cleah, Skiff o' snow upon de groun'; Jes' 'bout fall-time o' de yeah W'en de leaves is ...
Jes' lak toddy wahms you thoo' Sets yo' haid a reelin', Meks you ovah good and new, Dat 's de way I 's ...
Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun' Wen de sunshine 's shoutin' glory in de ...
Dey been speakin' at de cou't-house, An' laws-a-massy me, 'T was de beatness kin' o' doin's Dat evah I did see. Of cose I ...
If Ah evah git to glory, an' Ah hope to mek it thoo,Ah expec' to hyah a story, an' Ah ...
When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day, It 's amazin' nice to fin' my suppah all ...
DAIH'S a moughty soothin' feelin'Hits a dahky man,'Long to'ds night.W'en de row is mos' nigh ended,Den he stops to fan,'Long ...
Big John HenryThis here's a tale of a sho-nuff manWhut lived one time in the delta lan'His hand was big ...
DAYS git wa'm and wa'mah,School gits mighty dull,Seems lak dese hyeah teachahsMus' feel mussiful.Hookey's wrong, I know itAin't no gent'man's ...
W'EN de evenin' shaddersCome a-glidin' down,Fallin' black an' heavyOvah hill an' town,Ef you listen keerful,Keerful ez you kin,So's you boun' ...
OH, I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal;Oh, my; oh, my.She's my lovely little sweetheart an' her ...
DEY was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot;De pot was des a-bilin' an' de skillet sho' ...
No doubt dat you lak to know jes whut wuz ailin' us,Why me and Maffew Pleasen'view had dat tremandus fuss;So ...
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 ...
Mah ruddah's brokin, an' mah sailWen' ovah bode, in las' night's gale;Mah bunkah's empty, steam am low,Ise driftin' wid de ...
ALL de night long twell de moon goes down,Lovin' I set at huh feet,Den fu' de long jou'ney back f'om ...
Haw!Ai've just obteened a pension for mai Paw.And you should hev seen the people that were theah. Re-ally, it was ...
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