A Back-Log Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day, An' de chips has been a-fallin' fa' an' thick; Dey has ...
De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day, An' de chips has been a-fallin' fa' an' thick; Dey has ...
Whut time 'd dat clock strike? Nine? No-eight;I didn't think hit was so late.Aer chew! I must 'a' got a ...
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 ...
OH, de grubbin'-hoe's a-rustin' in de co'nah,An' de plow's a-tumblin' down in de fiel',While de whippo'will's a-wailin' lak a mou'nahWhen ...
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 ...
I done got 'uligion, honey, an' I 's happy ez a king; Evahthing I see erbout me 's jes' lak sunshine ...
Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat. She's a mess o' funny capahs f'om huh slippahs to ...
'LIAS! 'Lias! Bless de Lawd!Don' you know de day's erbroad?Ef you don' git up, you scamp,Dey'll be trouble in dis ...
IN de dead of night I sometimes,Git to t'inkin' of de pas'An' de days w'en slavery helt meIn my mis'ry ...
MAMMY'S in de kitchen, an' de do' is shet;All de pickaninnies climb an' tug an' sweat,Gittin' to de winder, stickin' ...
De way t'ings come, hit seems to me, Is des' one monst'ous mystery; De way hit seem to strike a man, Dey ain't ...
Ef dey 's anyt'ing dat riles me An' jes' gits me out o' hitch, Twell I want to tek my coat off, So ...
De da'kest hour, dey allus say, Is des' befo' de dawn, But it's moughty ha'd a-waitin' W'ere de night goes frownin' on; An' it's ...
GRASS commence a-comin'Thoo de thawin' groun',Evah bird dat whistlesKeepin' noise erroun';Cain't sleep in de mo'nin',Case befo' it's lightBluebird an' de ...
FU' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down;Don' fiddle dat chune no mo'.Don' you see how dat melody stuhs ...
W'EN you full o' worry'Bout yo' wo'k an' sich,W'en you kind o' botheredCase you can't get rich,An' yo' neighboh p'ospahPast ...
ALL de night long twell de moon goes down,Lovin' I set at huh feet,Den fu' de long jou'ney back f'om ...
De gray owl sing fum de chimbly top: "Who-who-is-you-oo?" En I say: "Good Lawd, hit's des po 'me, En ...
W'en daih's chillun in de house, Dey keep on a-gittin' tall; But de folks don' seem to see Dat dey's ...
Dey is times in life when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ...
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-- Put dat music book away; What's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef ...
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