HUSH! chillun, hush! Kase de sun's done come back agin, Back agin a-shinin' on de ole cypress tree; Hush! chillun, hush! Hit shuahly am a fac' agin, De sun's done come back agin, Back agin to me. Hush! chillun, hush! Foh de sun's done come back agin, Pushin' yaller glory roun' in ebbery spot it finds, Dancin' on de cradle An' old Chloe wid de ladle, An' coaxin' out de blossoms on De honeysuckle vines. Hush! chillun, hush! Kase de sof' winds come back agin, Back agin, a-bringin' all de glory ob de spring; My heart's jes' a-throbbin' For off yondah is de robin, An' de blackbird am a-cluckin' An' I 'low I heerd 'im sing. Hush! chillun, hush! Kase de sun's done come back agin, Bringin' back de fac' agin I'se gittin' mighty old; I often sit and pondah, An' I wondah, an' I wondah, How many times it's comin' back Befo' I reach de fold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELMER BARR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FROM THE GREATER TESTAMENT (XXII, XXIII, AND XXVI) by FRANCOIS VILLON THE HURRICANE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A RUNNABLE STAG by JOHN DAVIDSON WINTER SLEEP by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS THOU LIGHT OF LIFE by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX |