Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A RECORD F'OM 'WAY BACK, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING Poet's Biography First Line: Yo' spose I'se gwine ter cuh-comb Last Line: Why, chile, dat hoss's reckod's out ob sight. Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben | ||||||||
YO' spose I'se gwine ter cuh-comb An' boddah wid dis nag Ef I low'd he wasn't evah gwinter go? Why chile, yo' make me tiahed! Dis ve'y hoss was siahed By Pokehontas fohty yeahs ago. I'se doctahed up his wheezin', An' done stopped him ob his sneezin'; En pahsley cuahed de spavin on his baik; Ef he wasn't quite so bulky, I'd put him 'foah de sulky, An' lait yo' see his motion on de traik. 'Ceptin' froo de wintah, las' yeah I haid him out to pastuah; But de famah said he didn't hab no saince. Dar's nuffin 'll keep 'im quiet When he gits down on 'is diet, An' once 'e eat a whole bahb-wiah faince. De way I come to buy 'im Was, de day I come to try 'im I'se dumb-foundered wid de way he tuk de bit, An' as I was on mah way baik, He kerlided wid a hay stack, An' hi couldn't coax'is tenshun offen hit. Yo' notice dat he winks, sah, He's comin' out de kinks, sah; An' mine yo' doan go nyah his heels at all, Kase 'e's nuhvas an' 'e's dangus, An' speshly so to strangus, An' hi nevah 'low no pusson 'roun' 'is stall. He's pow'ful fond ob grazin' An' his appytite's amazin'; Dat's a sho sign dat 'e's got good bottom to 'im. When I bought 'im 'e's so thin Dat 'e couldn't ketch's win', An' Rasmus, yo' could read a papah thro' 'im. I tale yo' he's a hummah, 'Low I'll show de folks dis summah, Kase jes' now he aint feelin' zackly bright, When he gets 'is second win' sah, Yo' ought to see him spin, sah, Why, chile, dat hoss's reckod's out ob sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CASUAL OBSERVATION by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A FROG'S THANKSGIVING by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A NEGRO SONG OF HOME by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A RETROSPECTION by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING A SUMMER'S AFTERNOON by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING AFTER WEIDENFELLER GOES by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING ANGELINY by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING APPEARANCES by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING ASPHODEL by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING BABY UP AT BATTENBERG'S by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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