Das Cap'm Cayetano, W'at comin' fum Havano, Wid 'is monkey an' 'is nag! An' one man w'at dance in bag, An' mans dance on dey han' -- cut shine An' gallop hoss sem time drink wine! An' b'u'ful young missy dah beside, Ridin' 'dout air sadd' aw brid'e; To tell h-all dat -- he cann' be tole. Man tek a sword an' swall' 'im whole! Beas'es? ev'y sawt o'figgah! Dat show ain't fo' no common niggah! Dey don' got deh no po' white cuss' -- Sunbu'nt back! -- to holla an' fuss. Dass ladies fine, and gennymuns gran', Fetchin' dey chilluns dah -- all han'! Fo' see Cayetano, W'at come fum Havano Wid 'is monkey an' 'is nag! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN by JOHN KEATS THE SORROW OF LOVE (1) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ROCOCO by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A DEFIANCE, RETURNING TO THE PLACE OF HIS PAST AMOURS by PHILIP AYRES FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAD AND CHEERFUL SONGS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES LIBERTINE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN COMPENSATION by E. M. BRAINARD HUGH STUART BOYD: HIS DEATH, 1848 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |