SUMMAH is de lovin' time -- Do' keer what you say. Night is allus peart an' prime, Bettah dan de day. Do de day is sweet an' good, Birds a-singin' fine, Pines a-smellin' in de wood, -- But de night is mine. Rivah whisperin' "howdy do," Ez it pass you by -- Moon a-lookin' down at you, Winkin' on de sly. Frogs a-croakin' f'om de pon', Singin' bass dey fill, An' you listen way beyon' Ol' man whippo'will. Hush up, honey, tek my han', Mek yo' footsteps light; Somep'n' kin' o' hol's de lan' On a summah night. Somep'n' dat you nevah sees An' you nevah hyeahs, But you feels it in de breeze, Somep'n' nigh to teahs. Somep'n' nigh to teahs? dat's so; But hit's nigh to smiles. An' you feels it ez you go Down de shinin' miles. Tek my han', my little dove; Hush an' come erway -- Summah is de time fu' love, Night-time beats de day! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NO MASTER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES MY AIN COUNTRIE by MARY LEE DEMAREST NEED OF LOVING by STRICKLAND GILLILAN GARDEN DAYS: 6. AUTUMN FIRES by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE COMMONPLACE by WALT WHITMAN |