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

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THE COON’S SERENADE.

In de lonesum ub de night

When de moon’s er shinin’ bright,

Coon er sotin’ on er stump

Picks de banjo, plinkertee plump!

 

Sof’ly floats de mournful ’frain

’Cross de dewy, grassy main—

Plinktee! plinktee! plinkertee plump!

Picks de coon erpun de stump!

Ebbry win’ an’ ebbry breeze,

Ebbry twig erpun de trees,

Echoes wid de plinkertee plump!

Ub de coon erpun de stump!

Plinktee! plinktee! plinkertee plump!

Picks de coon erpun de stump!

Ez de night glides slo’ly on,

An’ de moon slips down fo’ dawn,

An’ de veil draps fum de skies,

An’ de worl’ opens its eyes,

Dies erway de plinkertee plump!

Ub de coon erpun de stump!

Plinktee! plinktee! plinkertee plump!

Stops de coon erpun de stump

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