I's boun' to see my gal to-night -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! De moon ain't out, de stars ain't bright -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! Dis hoss o' mine is pow'ful slow, But when I does git to yo' do' Yo' kiss'll pay me back, an' mo', Dough lone de way, my dearie. De night is skeery-lak an' still -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! 'Cept fu' dat mou'nful whippo'will -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! De way so long wif dis slow pace, 'T'u'd seem to me lak savin' grace Ef you was on a nearer place, Fu' lone de way, my dearie. I hyeah de hootin' of de owl -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! I wish dat watch-dog wouldn't howl -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! An' evaht'ing bofe right an' lef', Seem p'in'tly lak hit put itse'f In shape to skeer me half to def -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! I whistles so's I won't be feared -- Oh, lone de way, my dearie! But anyhow I's kin' o' skeered, Fu' lone de way, my dearie. De sky been lookin' mighty glum, But you kin mek hit lighten some, Ef you'll jes' say you's glad I come, Dough lone de way, my dearie. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK by SARA TEASDALE TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE THE FIGHTING RACE [FEBRUARY 16, 1898] by JOSEPH IGNATIUS CONSTANTINE CLARKE OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER RETRIBUTION by FRIEDRICH VON LOGAU A DECANTER OF MADEIRA, AGED 86, TO GEORGE BANCROFT, AGED 86 by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL |