Plantation Echoes: A Collection of Original Negro Dialect Poems by Elliott Blaine Henderson - HTML preview

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LAMENTATION.

When de rent cums due

An’ yo’ haben got er dollah,

An’ yo’ hab to hunt

Fo’ er nuddah place to wollah,

De wintah’s dun cum,

An’ de coal pile’s sinkin’,

Dey’s nufin’ in de cupboard

An’ yo’ stummuck am er tinkin’,

How yo’ head wool geddahs!

How yo’ hunt an’ scratch!

Fo’ to skibbah up er dollah

Beats de ol’ Sam Patch!

When yo’ sot an’ ’fleck,

Seems befo’ yo’ keeps er bobbin’

De possum an’ de coon,

An’ de peach an’ apple cobblin’.

Yo’ dream bout summah,

Wid de joocy wattah millun,

Dat yo’ sotin’ in de middle

An’ yo’ stummuck jes’ er fillin’,

How yo’ mouf does wattah!

How yo’ stummuck jes’ jump!

An’ yo’ eyes am all er twinkle

An’ yo’ hump! hump! hump!

When de night cums on

An’ dey hain’t er nuf de kibbah,

 

While yo’ bunk an’ snooz

Fo’ to keep yo’ fum de shibbah,

De coal’s dun sinkin’

Till it am no mo’,

De weddah am at zero,

De worl am kibbahd in de sno’,

How yo’ head wool geddahs!

How yo’ hunt an’ scratch

Fo’ to skibbah up er dollah

Beats de ol’ Sam Patch!

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