Plantation Echoes: A Collection of Original Negro Dialect Poems by Elliott Blaine Henderson - HTML preview

IS YO’ LONESUM, HONEY?

Ez de twilight fall,

An’ de koo-koo call,

An’ yo’ doan’ hyeah ’tall

Dis hyeah coon’s foot fall,

Is yo’ lonesum, Honey?

Ez de moon creep high,

In de starlit sky,

An’ yo’ sot an’ sigh,

Kaze I doan’ cum nigh,

Is yo’ lonesum, Honey?

Ez de night creep on,

Till de sun brings dawn,

Ez yo’ wake an’ yawn

In de cool ob de morn,

Still, yo’ lonesum, honey?