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 ...
Bedtime 's come fu' little boys. Po' little lamb. Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb. You gwine t' have to-morrer ...
AIN'T it nice to have a mammyW'en you kin' o' tiahed outWid a-playin' in de meddah,An' a-runnin' roun' aboutTill hit's ...
It's moughty tiahsome layin' 'roun' Dis sorrer-laden earfly groun', An' oftentimes I thinks, thinks I, 'T would be a sweet t'ing des to ...
SOME folks t'inks hit's right an' p'opah,Soon ez bedtime come erroun',Fu' to scramble to de kiver,Lak dey'd hyeahed de trumpet ...
Who say my hea't ain't true to you? Dey bettah heish dey mouf. I knows I loves you thoo an' thoo In watah ...
DE dog go howlin' 'long de road,De night come shiverin' down;My back is tiahed of its load,I cain't be fu' ...
Mah Mammy's haid am whitah dan de snowDat falls so lightly on de rivah sho';Mah Mammy's eyes am tiahed ob ...
Dey is times in life when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ...
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