I'SE gwine down to de Cushville hop An' dar ain' no niggahs gwine ter make me stop; Missus gwine to deck me all up in white, So watch de step dat I'se gettin' in ter night. Um-hm, my honey, tain' no use; Um-hm, my honey, turn me loose, Um-hm, my honey, watch me shine When mah foot am a-shakin' in de ole coonjine. No black niggahs come foolin' roun' me, I'se jes' to look at, anyone can see; I 'se jes' a orniment, an' I mus' 'fess No niggah put 'is ahm roun' mah snow-white dress Um-hm, niggah, keep away, understand? Um-hm, niggah, look out fo' yo' hand; I 'se jes' ter gaze at I must 'fess, So don't put yo' ahm roun' mah snow-white dress. Bring out de banjo, plunk-plank-pling, Watch de motion of mah step 'an mah swing; Don't yo' pestah me or make me stop When I git in motion at de Cushville hop. Um-hm, niggah, keep away, keep away! Um-hm, niggah, not ter day! Keep away from me kase I done kain't stop: I'se jes' caught mah motion fo' de Cushville hop. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MARY UNWIN by WILLIAM COWPER THE FLOWER OF BEAUTY by GEORGE DARLEY THE WHITE ISLAND, OR PLACE OF THE BLEST by ROBERT HERRICK HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 6. YEUX GLAUQUES by EZRA POUND THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 6. THE KISS by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI TO A GIRL by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS PSALM 52 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE ELDER WOMAN'S SONG: 4, FR. KING LEAR'S WIFE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |