LUCY done gone back on me, Dat 's de way wif life. Evaht'ing was movin' free, T'ought I had my wife. Den some dahky comes along, Sings my gal a little song, Since den, evaht'ing 's gone wrong, Evah day dey 's strife. Did n't answeh me to-day, W'en I called huh name, Would you t'ink she 'd ac' dat way W'en I ain't to blame? Dat 's de way dese women do, W'en dey fin's a fellow true, Den dey 'buse him thoo an' thoo; Well, hit 's all de same. Somep'n's wrong erbout my lung, An' I 's glad hit's so. Doctah says 'at I'll die young, Well, I wants to go! Whut 's de use o' livin' hyeah, W'en de gal you loves so deah, Goes back on you clean an' cleah -- I sh'd like to know? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PAST IS THE PRESENT (2) by MARIANNE MOORE GERONTION by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT CARRION COMFORT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE COLD WAVE OF 32 B.C. by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 48. AL-WADOOD by EDWIN ARNOLD |