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

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IT AM DE POSSUM TIME.

Weddah gittin’ chilly,

Fros’ er fallin’ on de vine!

Leaves er tarnin’ yallah,

Now de possum time is fine!

 

Hickahnuts er fallin’,

Wid er thud, thud, thudd!

Poppin’ an’ er crackin’

An’ er bus’in out de bud!

It am de possum time!

Yes, it am de possum time!

It am de time er niggah

Fo’ de coon to go to clime!

Crickets all er hollah

Tell er niggah it’s de fall!

Ripenin’ am de ’simmons

Fo’ de great an’ fo’ de small!

Niggah jes’ er waitin’

Fo’ de fallin’ o’ de sno’,

Fo’ to chase de rabbit

Ez he’s wingin’ on de go!

It am de possum time!

Yes, it am de possum time!

It am de time er niggah

Fo’ de coon to go to clime!

When de sun’s dun sinkin’

Cums de shinin’ o’ de moon,

Niggah’ll take de wahpaf

Fo’ to go to tree de coon!

Wid de dogs er bahkin’

All er chasein’, all er romp!

Sniffin’ at de grasses

An’ er scratchin’ at de stump!

 

It am de possum time!

Yes, it am de possum time!

It am de time er niggah

Fo’ de coon to go to clime!

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