Plantation Echoes: A Collection of Original Negro Dialect Poems by Elliott Blaine Henderson - HTML preview
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Go sleep, li’l’ pickahninny!
Go sleep!
De boogahman koch yo’
Ef yo’ peep!
Go sleep!
He prowlin’ ’roun’
Sof’ ez er cat—
He kno’ whah
Li’l’ pickahninny’s at—
Go sleep!
Go sleep, li’l’ pickahninny!
Go sleep!
Still ez er mouse
When creepin’ keep—
Go sleep!
De boogahman
Am moighty peert!
He sly ol’ fox
Dat’s on de ’lert!
Go sleep!
Go sleep, li’l’ pickahninny!
Go sleep!
I hyeah de boogahman
Creep, creep creep!
Go sleep!
He kotch er hol’
An’ shake de do’—
An’ ope his mouf
An’ said wo’, wo’!
Go sleep!
