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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PLANTATION DITTY, by FRANK LEBBY STANTON Poet's Biography
First Line: De gray owl sings fum de chimbly top
Last Line: "oh, wait, good lawd, 'twell ter-morror!"
Subject(s): Southern States; South (u.s.)
First Line: De gray owl sings fum de chimbly top
Last Line: "oh, wait, good lawd, 'twell ter-morror!"
Subject(s): Southern States; South (u.s.)
De gray owl sing fum de chimbly top:
"Who -- who -- is -- you-oo?"
En I say: "Good Lawd, hit's des po' me,
En I ain't quite ready fer de Jasper Sea;
I'm po' en sinful, en you 'lowed I'd be;
Oh, wait, good Lawd, 'twell ter-morror!"
De gray owl sing fum de cypress tree:
"Who -- who -- is -- you-oo?"
En I say: "Good Lawd, ef you look you'll see
Hit ain't nobody but des po' me,
En I like ter stay 'twell my time is free;
Oh, wait, good Lawd, 'twell ter-morror!"
Other Poems of Interest...
THE NIGHT THAT LORCA COMES by BOB KAUFMAN
THE MYSTIC RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL
ENTERING THE SOUTH by LUCILLE CLIFTON
SNAPSHOTS OF THE COTTON SOUTH by FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
JULY IN GEORGY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
O SOUTHLAND! by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
MY SOUTH: 1. ON THE PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE
MY SOUTH: 3. ON THE FARM by DONALD JUSTICE