HYEAH dat singin' in de medders Whaih de folks is mekin' hay? Wo'k is pretty middlin' heavy Fu' a man to be so gay. You kin tell dey's somep'n special F'om de canter o' de song; Somep'n sholy pleasin' Sam'l, W'en he singin' all day long. Hyeahd him wa'blin' 'way dis mo'nin' 'Fo' 't was light enough to see. Seem lak music in de evenin' Allus good enough fu' me. But dat man commenced to hollah 'Fo' he 'd even washed his face; Would you b'lieve, de scan'lous rascal Woke de birds erroun' de place? Sam'l took a trip a-Sad'day; Dressed hisse'f in all he had, Tuk a cane an' went a-strollin', Lookin' mighty pleased an' glad. Some folks don' know whut de mattah, But I do, you bet yo' life; Sam'l smilin' an' a-singin' 'Case he been to see his wife. She live on de fu' plantation, Twenty miles erway er so; But huh man is mighty happy W'en he git de chanst to go. Walkin' allus ain' de nices' -- Mo'nin' fin's him on de way -- But he allus comes back smilin', Lak his pleasure was his pay. Den he do a heap o' talkin', Do' he mos'ly kin' o' still, But de wo'ds, dey gits to runnin' Lak de watah fu' a mill. "Whut's de use o' havin' trouble, Whut's de use o' havin' strife?" Dat's de way dis Sam'l preaches W'en he been to see his wife. An' I reckon I git jealous, Fu' I laff an' joke an' sco'n, An' I say, "Oh, go on, Sam'l, Des go on, an' blow yo' ho'n." But I know dis comin' Sad'day, Dey'll be brighter days in life; An' I'll be ez glad ez Sam'l W'en I go to see my wife. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VANTAGE POINT by ROBERT FROST THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON SONNET: 9 by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE BELLS OF YOUTH by WILLIAM SHARP THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): THE MEETING by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS CHILDREN OF LIGHT by BERNARD BARTON THE SPIDER AND THE BEE (A TALE FOR THE TIMES) by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON ANOTHER JOURNEY FROM BETHUNE TO CUINCHY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |