Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GYPSY MAN, by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ma man's a gypsy / cause he never does come home Last Line: Sho can't find no ease. Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston Subject(s): African Americans; Love - Nature Of; Negroes; American Blacks | ||||||||
Ma man's a gypsy Cause he never does come home. Ma man's a gypsy -- He never does come home. I'm gonna be a gypsy woman Fer I can't stay here alone. Once I was in Memphis, I mean Tennessee. Once I was in Memphis, Said Tennessee. But I had to leave cause Nobody there was good to me. I met a yellow papa, He took my last thin dime. Met a yellow papa, He took ma last thin dime. I give it to him cause I loved him But I'll have mo' sense next time. Love, Oh, love is Such a strange disease. Love, Oh, love is Such a strange disease. When it hurts yo' heart you Sho can't find no ease. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER DERRICK POEM (THE LOST WORLD) by TERRANCE HAYES ODE TO BIG TREND by TERRANCE HAYES WOOFER (WHEN I CONSIDER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) by TERRANCE HAYES CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL BOUND NO'TH BLUES by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES |
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