Do' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' thoo, Ol' folks drowsin' 'roun' de place, wide awake is Lou, W'en I tap, she answeh, an' I see huh 'mence to grin, "Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you step right in?" Den I step erpon de log layin' at de do', Bless de Lawd, huh mammy an' huh pap 's done 'menced to sno', Now's de time, ef evah, ef I' s gwine to try an' win, "Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you step right in?" No use playin' on de aidge, trimblin' on de brink, W'en a body love a gal, tell huh whut he t'ink; W'en huh hea't is open fu' de love you gwine to gin, Pull yo'se'f togethah, suh, an' step right in. Sweetes' imbitation dat a body evah hyeahed, Sweetah den de music of a lovesick mockin'-bird, Comin' f'om de gal you loves bettah den yo' kin, "Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you step right in?" At de gate o' heaven w'en de storm o' life is pas', 'Spec' I'll be a-stan'in', 'twell de Mastah say at las', "Hyeah he stan' all weary, but he winned his fight wid sin. Howdy, honey, howdy, won't you step right in?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIGNS OF THE TIMES by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR GRENADIER by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN SIR JOHN FRANKLIN; ON THE CENTOTAPH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALFRED TENNYSON AGAMEMNON: THE SACRIFICE OF IPHIGENIA. CHORUS by AESCHYLUS ON CYNTHIA, SINGING A RECITATIVE PIECE OF MUSIC by PHILIP AYRES NURSERY REMINISCENCES by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM GONERIL'S LULLABY, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |