Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ZACCHEUS, by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING


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First Line: Zaccheus clim' up de sycamo' tree
Last Line: While a-waitin' fo' de good lo'd ter come.
Alternate Author Name(s): King, Ben
Subject(s): Bible; Zacchaeus; Zaccheus


ZACCHEUS clim' up de sycamo' tree,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come,
Den' 'e looked up de road jes' fur as he could see,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
Oh, Zaccheus knew he could done see de bes',
Ef'e clim' up de tree he could ovahlook de press,
An' 'haps 'e could sleep an git a leetle res',
While a-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come,
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come elong come,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come,
He could ovahlook de press,
An' 'e git a leetle res'
While a-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.

Ole Zaccheus set on de bow ob de tree
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come,
A long time ago in de ole Judee,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
Along about noontime en ebbery ting clear,
Word went around dat de Lo'd was drawin' near,
En de press begun to jostle en de multitude to cheer
While a-waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come,
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd to come elong come,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
When de Lo'd was drawin' near,
How de folks begun to cheer,
While a-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.

When de Lo'd come elong 'e said to Zach,
Waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come,
"I'se pow'ful glad yo's heah, I am, fo' a fac',"
Waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come.
"So come right down hyah outen dat tree,
Yo's jes' de berry pusson I'se lookin' fo' ter see.
Dis day I abide at de house wid thee,"
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
Waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come elong come,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come,
De republican an' sinnah,
Took de Lo'd home to dinnah,
Waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come.

Now Zaccheus he was an Israelite,
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
En he lived in a mansion way out o' sight
While waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come.
En Zach knew de Lo'd knew he had stuff
En he wondah'd ef de Lo'd was dun makin' 'im a bluff.
But de Lo'd went home wid Zach shuah enuff,
A-waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come.
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come elong come,
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come --
Oh, Zaccheus de sinnah,
Took de good Lo'd to dinnah --
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.

Ole Zaccheus he was a shuah nuff sinnah,
Waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come,
An' back in dem days was a seven time winner,
A-waitin' fo' de Lo'd ter come.
But de Lo'd told Zach he mus' gib to de po'
En neber let a beggah man pass his do'.
Den Zach he said: "I will Lo'd, sho',"
While a-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
Waitin' fo' de good Lord ter come elong come.
A-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.
So gib me de po'
Dat pass by yo' do',
While a-waitin' fo' de good Lo'd ter come.





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