Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NORTHBOUN', by LUCY ARIEL WILLIAMS



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NORTHBOUN', by                    
First Line: O' de wurl' ain't flat
Last Line: I'm upward boun'.
Subject(s): African Americans; African Americans - Women; Negroes; American Blacks


O' de wurl' ain't flat,
An' de wurl' ain't roun',
H'its one long strip
Hangin' up an' down --
Jes' Souf an' Norf;
Jes' Norf an' Souf.

Talkin' 'bout sailin' 'roun' de wurl' --
Huh! I'd be so dizzy my head 'ud twurl.
If dis heah earf wuz jes' a ball
You know de people all 'ud fall.

O' de wurl' ain't flat,
An' de wurl' ain't roun',
H'its one long strip
Hangin' up an' down --
Jes' Souf an' Norf;
Jes' Norf an' Souf.

Talkin' 'bout the City whut Saint John saw --
Chile you oughta go to Saginaw;
A nigger's chance is "finest kind,"
An' pretty gals ain't hard to find.

Huh! de wurl' ain't flat
An' de wurl' ain't roun'
H'its one long strip
Hangin' up an' down.
Since Norf is up,
An' Souf is down,
An' Hebben is up,
I'm upward boun'.





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