Plantation Echoes: A Collection of Original Negro Dialect Poems

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Elliott Blaine Henderson. Plantation Echoes: A Collection of Original Negro Dialect Poems

Plantation Echoes: A Collection of Original Negro Dialect Poems

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INTRODUCTION

WHEN THE MOON HANGS LOW

SEEMS DEY’S NO PLACE

GOOD BYE, HONEY—GOOD BYE

WHAT WE GWINE TO DO?

KAZE I KNO’ I KAIN’T STOP

DAHKY, WHUT YO’ DUN?

WHEN DE FIAH AM KINDLIN’ HOT

LAMENTATION

WHEN DE SUMMAH’S DUN CUM

THE COON’S SERENADE

BLISSFUL ANTICIPATIONS

PAWSON JOHNSON AT DINNER

GO ’WAY, MAH HONEY

BRER POSSUM DECLINES

I HAIN’T FOOLIN’ HONEY

SLEEP

A PROFUSE ENCOMIUM

PEEPIN’ TH’EW DE HUSK

AXIN’, COON? CUM OBEAH

HUSTLE

GO SLEEP

KAZE DE SUN AM SINKIN’

SOFT FALLS THE NIGHT

GIT ON BOARD, CHILLUN

UNCLE NED AN’ DE MOCKIN’ BIRD

PO’ LI’L’ RASTUS

SAMBO’S RAIN PHILOSOPHY

JES’ KEEP ER LOOKIN’ UP

WISHED I’D RODE MAH HOSS

EGGS! EGGS!! EGGS!!!

IT AM DE POSSUM TIME

STICK TO YOUR RACE!

MEMORIAL DAY

TRUSSY’S VISIT

IS YO’ LONESUM, HONEY?

LARN TO HE’P YO’SE’F

COURTIN’ O’ DE PHONE

LONESUM VALLEY CHRISTMUS TREE

YES, WEES GOT ER FLAG

HI, MISTAH DAHKY

DEY’S ER COL’ WAVE BRESHIN’ NIGH

FORCE OF WORDS

I TOL’ YO’ SO

THE PASSING OF NIGHT

A TALE O’ WOE

LULLABY

THE ECSTASY OF UNCLE JOE

KEEP ER GOIN’

CLIMIN’ UP DE HILL

SISTAH RUFFLE

THE GALLANT BLACKS OF SAN JUAN HILL

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Elliott Blaine Henderson

Published by Good Press, 2022

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LONESUM VALLEY CHRISTMUS TREE.

YES, WEES GOT ER FLAG.

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