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

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A TALE O’ WOE.

Manny am de battle

Dahky’s got to fight.

Ebbry tarn he’s makin’

Trouble’s dah in sight.

Ef he’s got de ’liggun

Puffec’ to de spot,

Hard to keep fum cussin’

Losin’ all he’s got.

White fo’ks got de money,

White fo’ks got de lan’,

Doan’ wan’ a po’ dahky

Hab er place to stan’.

Ef dey miss er chicken

Ef dey miss er goose,

Fus’ thing grab er dahky

Fo’ de calerboose.

Long ez he’s er hoein’,

Diggin’ in de san’,

Bress yo’ soul, say, mistah,

He am jes’ de man.

Let him git de money

Cumin’ mos’ too fas’,

White fo’ks git to skeemin’,

Say it mussen’ las’.

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