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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YO' MAW LUBS YO' ALL, by FLORENCE GRISWOLD CONNOR First Line: Dere's allus joy when de chillen's home Last Line: An' lef' dere maw behin'. | |||
DERE's allus joy when de chillen's home; Oh Lawdy, when a' tinks! De teahs somehow dey allus come An' blinds me when a' winks. Dere's Gen'l Grant he's like he's paw, (Go 'way, yo teahs, go 'way!) An' Ann Jenette, she's like heh maw An' Sam's like boff, dey say. An' Abem Linkum, he's de boy Whah makes ma old heaht ache; He do so many cu'us tings Dey keep his maw awake. But den dey is ma chillens An' so de teahs mus' fall, Do' some is good, an' some ah sho' Yo' maw she lubs yo' all. A' hev to count ma fing-ers To 'member ebry one; An' den dere's not a nuff ob dem To count de ones dat's gone. Dere's little Pete, he'll nebbah come; (Go 'way, yo teahs, go 'way!) Fo' he hab got a bettah home, An' wid white chillens play. He'll nebbah know he's black up dere; (Go 'way, yo teahs, go 'way!) Whah fo' yo' come?) 't is bettah where De night am allus day. Dere's Queen, an' she a' mos' forgot; Go 'way, yo teahs, yo' make Me done forgot de berry one Dat bes' de possum bake! Yo' maw she's old, she sholy is! (Go 'way, yo' teahs, go 'way!) Dey choke heh so, dey make heh miss Heh chillens bad to-day. Dere's Mandy, Jim, an' Cyrus, too An' Annie Belle she's gone; And Sairy Jane she's married so Has lots ob dem heh own. An' some so young, dere paw he say Too small fo' any name. Den how's de Lord to know dey's mine An' call 'em jes' de same? Somehow a' tinks ob little Pete De mos' ob ebry day; He was the leastest ob dem all (Go 'way, yo' teahs, go 'way!) But dere'll be joy when dey comes home De few dis wo'ld can fin'; Fo' mos' has gone to jine dere paw An' lef' dere maw behin'. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DIORAMA PAINTER AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY by KAREN SWENSON AN ANCIENT PROPHECY by PHILIP FRENEAU IN HOSPITAL: 21. ROMANCE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY THE QUIET PILGRIM by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS IN LIGHTER VEIN by ELIZABETH KEMPER ADAMS TO --, WITH ARTHUR AND ALBINA by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS CHRISTMAS GIFTS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY; OR, TURF AND TOWERS: PART 1 by ROBERT BROWNING F.B.C.; CHANCELLORSVILLE, MAY 3, 1863 by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER |
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