You’s Sweet to Yo’ Mammy de Same (James Weldon Johnson Poems)
(Lullaby)Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to sleepMammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile;Daddy is a-wukin' down in de ...
(Lullaby)Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to sleepMammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile;Daddy is a-wukin' down in de ...
Folks has be'n to town, and SahryFetched 'er home a pet canary--,And of all the blame', contrary,Aggervatin' things alive!I love ...
DINAH stan' befo' de glass,Lookin' moughty neat,An' huh purty shadder sassAt huh haid an' feet.While she sasshay 'roun' an' bow,Smilin' ...
A Old Tramp slep' in our stable wunst, An' The Raggedy Man he caughtAn' roust him up, an' chased him off Clean ...
Picnics is fun 'at's purty hard to beat. I purt'-nigh ruther go to them than _eat_. I purt'-nigh ruther go to them ...
Sing muse! of Saville and the direful dayWhen beauty fell, to ruthless hands a prey;And life a sacrifice to savage ...
At Kangaroo Gully in 'Fifty-twoThe rush and the scramble was reckless and rough;'Three ounces a dish and the lead running ...
An old western town lay asleep in the sunOf a long summer day that was then almost done.The shadows were ...
'Twas what ye'd call a nasty night,An' 'twa''t no time to pick a fight,Th' we struck th' zone;Th' fog wuz ...
I'm home plenty early, I reckon—It's too soon to start cookin' grub,So before I begin with my bakin'I'll take me ...
I rode to that box a settin' on a post beside the trail,That our outfit used fur getting' all their ...
Women's scarce in Cactus Center, and there ain't no bargain storesFer to start them Monday rushes that break down the ...
There's a heap of times when ridin' after cattle shore is tough.When every thing is goin' wrong, or else the ...
I wouldn't make no Wall Street king;I'm no financial guy;I don't know much o' anythingBut makin' money fly.But I kin ...
He did n't know much music When first he come along; An' all the birds went wonderin' Why ...
That night hoss he got the gate open. You find the next mornin' he's gone.And there by the fence lays ...
When the boys start out on circle, they most always travel slow.'Cause their breakfast isn't settled, and they've got a ...
Year ain't been the very best;— Purty hard by trouble pressed; But the rough way leads to rest,— Here's ...
When a feller once comes to a pond or a tank,It is better to ride out a ways from the ...
I've sung of Violet de Vere, that slinky, minky dame, Of Gertie of the Diamond Tooth, and Touch-the-Button Nell, And ...
Down by the beautiful Lakes of Killarney, Off times I have met my own dear Barney, In the sweet summer ...
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