Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG, by JOHN JONES SHARON


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A SONG, by                    
First Line: My heart's wrapped up in a little, old pine
Last Line: Happen you know why she 's done wi' me.
Subject(s): Hearts; Love - Complaints; Man-woman Relationships; Male-female Relations


MY heart's wrapped up in a little, old pine
On a ledge all strung wi' a wild grapevine.
Oh little scrub-pine by the water's edge,
I reckon you know why I love that ledge.

Oh moon, I reckon you mind that night
When you was a-paintin' the bluffs wi' light
An' she was settin' an' singin' there,
While the night-wind played through her yaller hair.

When she throwed out her hands to your flickerin' light
I'd ha' liked to ha' kissed her an' held her tight.
Oh river, you know, as she watched you roll
She took an' played wi' my very soul.

I lost my heart as I set at her feet
An' heard her singin' so soft an' sweet.
Oh moon an' river an' little pine-tree,
Happen you know why she 's done wi' me.





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