Unker Isrel (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
De peopl' call me a conger,Jus' caus' I do som' tricks,An' caus' I got dis lucky black cat bone,Can gather ...
I'll ne'er forget the day,When I was young and gay,A rolling 'round the floor in Tennessee;From th' cotton field so ...
I shall succeed, although Fate rules to-day,And heaps up thorns and thistles in my way.I bear the yoke and tread ...
With joy I plod life's weary road;Sometimes I'm free, then with a load;The cares I gather through the day,At night ...
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