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

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KEEP ER GOIN’.

Yo’ dat’s in de race o’ life,

Keep er goin’!

Nebah stop fo’ little strife,

Keep er goin’!

Sum one kick yo’ on de co’n,

Nuddah prick yo’ wid er thorn,

Toot loudah on yo’ horn,

Keep er goin’!

Ef yo’ sortah lose de track,

Keep er goin’!

Doan’ tarn fool an’ saunter back,

Keep er goin’!

 

Take no time to ax an’ ’quire,

Keep er headin’ fo’ de wire.

Push out in de mud an’ mire.

Keep er goin’!

Ef de road leads ’roun’ an’ ’roun’,

Keep er goin’!

Sumtimes up an’ sumtimes down,

Keep er goin’!

Ef yo’ fall an’ crack yo’ shin,

Git up, koch yo’ secun’ win’.

Spruce up, try de thing ergin.

Keep er goin’!

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