Ef I had wings like Noah's dove, I'd fly up the river to the man I love. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. Ise got a man, an' he's long and tall, Moves his body like a cannon ball. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. One o' dese days, an' it won't be long, Call my name an' I'll be gone. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. 'Member one night, a-drizzlin' rain, Roun' my heart I felt a pain. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. When I wo' my ap'ons low, Couldn't keep you from my do'. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. Now I wears my ap'ons high, Sca'cely ever see you passin' by. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. Now my ap'on's up to my chin, You pass my do' an' you won' come in. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. Ef I had listened to whut my mama said, I'd be at home in my mama's bed. Fare thee well, O Honey, fare thee well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER STORM by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL DAUGHTERS OF WAR by ISAAC ROSENBERG MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 6 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE BELFRY PIGEON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS THE MAD SCULPTOR by WILLIAM ROSE BENET SALOME by HARRIET GRAY BLACKWELL ECHOES OF SPRING: 9 by MATHILDE BLIND |