De Leap Yeah Party (Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems)
Was you at de hall las' night,To de Leap Yeah Party?I reckon dat I was,But didn't I eat hearty?I wouldn't ...
Was you at de hall las' night,To de Leap Yeah Party?I reckon dat I was,But didn't I eat hearty?I wouldn't ...
As my mind in fancy wanders,While we figure on Life's stage,While in queries deep we ponder,O'er the past years ripe ...
Why should the American negro be proud?This question was asked in tones clear and loud,The Negro who once was in ...
What's de use ob wukin in de Summer time at all,When de sun am bilin' hot en de sweat begins ...
On, on to the darkest continent,As the Adriatic sailed,In Eighteen Hundred and ...
I ain't superstitious,But dis I sho' do know,Dat ef a rooster walks his se'f upEn crows right in y'o do',Dar's ...
[At Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, one of the famous resorts of the South, may be seen the historic ...
What means this vast assemblage here,Of people great ...
Way down Souf whar de lillies grow,Is the lan' I wants to see,En to dat lan' I specs to go,Jis ...
We's invited down to brudder Browns,On a Krismas day,To an ol' time Krismas dinnah,So de imbertation say.De deacons en der ...
Well, well, you's cum at las'-Cum in and hab dis seat;Walkin's sich a tiresom' tas'I'll fix a bite to eat.It's ...
Thanksgibin' day am now at han'In my imagination,I see de tuckies take a stan'Aroun' de ol' plantation.En jis befo' dis ...
Dar's plenty t'ings to write erbout,Bof in en out ob skool,'Cept taken fo' a subject,En ol' en stubborn mule.But de ...
I went to chu'ch, 'tother night,De silvah moon was shinin' bright;Brudder Johnson en his wife was dar,Dey went wif Jane ...
Cum here, Mandy, what's you chewin',Take dat bread right out yo' mouf,Do you know what you'se doin'?You'se de worry ob ...
Come in, Aunt Jemima,Oh no,'taint wof while,I jis been out a lookin'At de wintah styles.To see de change in coats,En ...
Oh, Poet of our Race,We reverence thy nameAs thy hist'ry we retrace,Which enfolds ...
When are the children all happy and gay?When do they ne'er grow tired of play?When do their mouths seem like ...
Near the City of Petersburg,As seen by the passers-by,In the neighborhood of Ettricks,Stands the V. N. and C. I.A building ...
As we go about the toils of life,As we witness each day, it's burdens and strife,Thinking not of days of ...
I'se been upon de karpet,Fo' lo, dese many days;De men folks seem to sneer me,In der kin' ob way.But I ...
Liza! call dat chileEn make her wash her faceEn cum on to de tableSo Pap can say de grace.You let ...
Dar's a skool in West Virginny,Dat I hears dem call de Farm,Whar dey raises ...
Ob all de subjicts I kin read,Or reason on so well,De one I cum tonight to plead,Is de one I ...
At first we see the tiny leavesAnd no one at their coming grieves,But watch so eager each day and hourFor ...
I had a dream one winter's night,It filled my soul with pure delight;Ne'er ran my tho'ts in strains so sweet,I'm ...
Sometimes the days seem dark and dreary,We wonder what is life;Sometimes of work we soon grow weary,All pleasures seem but ...
Had I the wings of a bird,I'd make it a constant dutyTo fly far above the earthAnd gaze on it's ...
Well, Teddy, I have found you,It's been one week to-daySince I missed you, Teddy dear,While in the yard at play.I ...
When e'er we enter Life's open field,Or life's duties are at hand,When e'er to Necessity's voice we yield,Or heed to ...
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