Category: Poetry
Darkey Ways in Dixie
What you git dat nickel change Up in coppers fo', What de preacher gib ter you Las' night 'fo'e he go? Bet you soon be wid dem chaps Roun' de corner playin' craps.
Chapters
1. Part 1
What you git dat nickel change Up in coppers fo', What de preacher gib ter you Las' night 'fo'e he go? Bet you soon be wid dem chaps Roun' de corner playin' craps.
2. Part 2"Oh, I work hard, sho, When de col' win' blow, Sawin' en splittin' de white folks' wood! But I do'n' complain Ob de col' en de rain, Kaze de Lawd gwine sen' what He know am good."]
3. Part 3Oh, my eyes stay open wide, till de breakin' ob de day, When de long, long night oh waitin' am at las' done pass away; En I go outside en scratch Sweet pertaters frum de patch,...