Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

Humorous Poems: II. Miscellaneous

A Plantation Ditty

Frank Lebby Stanton (1857–1927)

DE gray owl sing fum de chimbly top:

“Who—who—is—you-oo?”

En I say: “Good Lawd, hit ’s des po’ me,

En I ain’t quite ready fer de Jasper Sea;

I ’m po’ en sinful, en you ’lowed I ’d be;

Oh, wait, good Lawd, ’twell ter-morror!”

De gray owl sing fum de cypress tree:

“Who—who—is—you-oo?”

En I say: “Good Lawd, ef you look you ’ll see

Hit ain’t nobody but des po’ me,

En I like ter stay ’twell my time is free;

Oh, wait, good Lawd, ’twell ter-morror!”