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

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I HAIN’T FOOLIN’ HONEY.

Seed yo’ wid yo’ gal las’ night!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Had yo’ arms eroun’ her tight!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Umph! whut made yo’ squeeze her so?

Jes’ bekaze yo’ am her beau?

I’d bin her I’d let yo’ go!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Seed yo’ try to steal er kiss!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

An’ she slapp’d yo’ wid her fis’!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Po’ gal kooden’ hardly speak!

Shocked to def wid all yo’ cheek!

Go way, Gumbo, yo’s er sneak!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Yallah, too, hain’t she Gumbo?

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

 

Reason dat yo’ love her so!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Ef she had de wooly hyah,

Face ez black ez ol’ pine tah!

Court her? bet yo’ wooden’, dah!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Gwine to marry her, Gumbo?

Stop yo’ foolin’, honey!

What dat? say yo’ doesn’t kno’?

Stop yo’ foolin’, honey!

Ax’d her fo’ her hea’t an’ han’?

Bet yo’ habben’ got de san’!

’Fess up, Gumbo, umph! mah lan’!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Bet she hain’t stuck on yo’ ’tall!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Does she kiss yo’ when yo’ call?

Stop yo’ foolin’, honey!

Lan’ sakes, Gumbo, yo’ woan’ do!

Go ’way; no, I woan’ kiss yo’!

Git yo’ big foots off mah shoe!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

I doan’ kiss no rusty coon!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

Who, yo’ be mah chaperoon?

Hain’t you foolin’, honey?

 

Pick mah comp’ny, whut I do!

Lawd sakes, knows I doan’ want yo’!

Good day, home Ise long go due!

I hain’t foolin’, honey!

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