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

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KAZE DE SUN AM SINKIN’.

Droopy, droopy, am de flow’rs,

Petals closed an’ shrinkin’,

Gone er sleepin’ an’ er doze—

Kaze de sun am sinkin’!

All de day er lookin’ gran’

An’ er ’fumein’ up de lan’,

 

Baskin’ now in slumbah’s stran’—

Kaze de sun am sinkin’!

Droopy, droopy, am de flow’rs,

Petals closed an’ shrinkin’

Peepahs shet an’ fas’ ersleep,

Kaze de sun am sinkin’!

Crystal brooklet glidin’ ’long

Chants to dem er cradle song,

Res’ an’ slumbah, weary throng—

Kaze de sun am sinkin’!

Droopy, droopy am de flow’rs,

Petals closed an’ shrinkin’,

Lull’d ersleep in fairy realm,

Kaze de sun am sinkin’!

All dey tinsels tints an’ hue

Dat attracts de bees an’ woo,

Closed dey now am all to view—

Kaze de sun am sinkin’!

Droopy, droopy, am de flow’rs,

Petals closed an’ shrinkin’!

Soon will wake wid birds an’ bees,

When de sun’s dun sinkin’!

When de sunlight mounts to view,

At de tech o’ mornin’s dew

Once mo’ will dey ope to view—

Kaze de sun’s dun sinkin’!

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