I done been 'roun' to evvy spot Don't foun' nair match fo' sweet Layotte. I done hunt all dis settlement All de way 'roun' fum Pierre Soniat'; Never see yalla gal w'at kin 'Gin to lay 'longside sweet Layotte. I done been, etc. I yeh dey talk 'bout 'Loise gal -- Loise, w'at b'long to Pierre Soniat'; I see her, but she can't biggin Stan' up 'longside my sweet Layotte. I done been, etc. I been meet up wid John Bayou, Say to him, "John Bayou, my son, Yalla gal nevva meet yo' view Got a face lak dat chahmin' one!" I done been, etc. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF THE MEAN AND SURE ESTATE by THOMAS WYATT ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK TO A CHILD DURING SICKNESS by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY HARVARD DECLARES WAR by BRENT DOW ALLINSON CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 4. WORTHY MEMORY by WILLIAM BASSE |