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Plantation Echoes

Plantation Echoes

by Elliott Blaine Henderson

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Author
Henderson, Elliott Blaine, 1877-1944
Title
Plantation echoes : a collection of original Negro dialect poems
Credits
Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Dialect poetry, American
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66997
Release Date
December 22, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Plantation Echoes — Dedication
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.WHEN THE MOON HANGS LOW.
  5. 5.SEEMS DEY’S NO PLACE.
  6. 6.GOOD BYE, HONEY—GOOD BYE.
  7. 7.WHAT WE GWINE TO DO?
  8. 8.KAZE I KNO’ I KAIN’T STOP.
  9. 9.DAHKY, WHUT YO’ DUN?
  10. 10.WHEN DE FIAH AM KINDLIN’ HOT.
  11. 11.LAMENTATION.
  12. 12.WHEN DE SUMMAH’S DUN CUM.
  13. 13.THE COON’S SERENADE.
  14. 14.BLISSFUL ANTICIPATIONS.
  15. 15.PAWSON JOHNSON AT DINNER.
  16. 16.GO ’WAY, MAH HONEY.
  17. 17.BRER POSSUM DECLINES.
  18. 18.I HAIN’T FOOLIN’ HONEY.
  19. 19.SLEEP.
  20. 20.A PROFUSE ENCOMIUM.
  21. 21.PEEPIN’ TH’EW DE HUSK.
  22. 22.AXIN’, COON? CUM OBEAH.
  23. 23.HUSTLE.
  24. 24.GO SLEEP.
  25. 25.KAZE DE SUN AM SINKIN’.
  26. 26.SOFT FALLS THE NIGHT.
  27. 27.GIT ON BOARD, CHILLUN.
  28. 28.UNCLE NED AN’ DE MOCKIN’ BIRD.
  29. 29.PO’ LI’L’ RASTUS.
  30. 30.SAMBO’S RAIN PHILOSOPHY.
  31. 31.JES’ KEEP ER LOOKIN’ UP.
  32. 32.WISHED I’D RODE MAH HOSS.
  33. 33.EGGS! EGGS!! EGGS!!!
  34. 34.IT AM DE POSSUM TIME.
  35. 35.STICK TO YOUR RACE!
  36. 36.MEMORIAL DAY.
  37. 37.TRUSSY’S VISIT.
  38. 38.IS YO’ LONESUM, HONEY?
  39. 39.LARN TO HE’P YO’SE’F.
  40. 40.COURTIN’ O’ DE PHONE.
  41. 41.LONESUM VALLEY CHRISTMUS TREE.
  42. 42.YES, WEES GOT ER FLAG.
  43. 43.HI, MISTAH DAHKY.
  44. 44.DEY’S ER COL’ WAVE BRESHIN’ NIGH.
  45. 45.FORCE OF WORDS.
  46. 46.I TOL’ YO’ SO.
  47. 47.THE PASSING OF NIGHT.
  48. 48.A TALE O’ WOE.
  49. 49.LULLABY.
  50. 50.THE ECSTASY OF UNCLE JOE.
  51. 51.KEEP ER GOIN’.
  52. 52.CLIMIN’ UP DE HILL.
  53. 53.SISTAH RUFFLE.
  54. 54.THE GALLANT BLACKS OF SAN JUAN HILL.

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