I's boun' to see my gal to-night -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! De moon ain't out, de stars ain't bright -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! Dis hoss o' mine is pow'ful slow, But when I does git to yo' do' Yo' kiss'll pay me back, an' mo', Dough lone de way, my dearie. De night is skeery-lak an' still -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! 'Cept fu' dat mou'nful whippo'will -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! De way so long wif dis slow pace, 'T'u'd seem to me lak savin' grace Ef you was on a nearer place, Fu' lone de way, my dearie. I hyeah de hootin' of de owl -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! I wish dat watch-dog wouldn't howl -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! An' evaht'ing bofe right an' lef', Seem p'in'tly lak hit put itse'f In shape to skeer me half to def -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! I whistles so's I won't be feared -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! But anyhow I's kin' o' skeered, Fu' lone de way, my dearie. De sky been lookin' mighty glum, But you kin mek hit lighten some, Ef you'll jes' say you's glad I come, Dough lone de way, my dearie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN WILL LOVE COME? by PAKENHAM THOMAS BEATTY HOLY CROSS DAY by ROBERT BROWNING IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HEALTHFUL OLD AGE, FR. AS YOU LIKE IT by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE WALKER OF THE SNOW by CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY TEARS by TUMADIR BINT IBN AL-SHARID AL-KHANSA PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 62. AL-MUMIT by EDWIN ARNOLD EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 22. 'TIS HONOURABLE TO BE LOVE'S MARTYR by PHILIP AYRES ON MR. FREDERICK PORTER'S ROOM OF PICTURES, 1930 by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |