Slvester’s Dying Bed by Langston Hughes

I woke up this mornin ’Bout half-past three All the womens in town Was gathered round me Sweet gals was a-moanin “Sylvester’s gonna die” And a hundred pretty mamas Bowed their heads to cry I woke up little later Bout half-past fo The doctor ‘n’ undertaker’s Both at ma do Black gals was a-beggin “You can’t leave us here” Brown-skins cryin’, “Daddy Honey! Baby! Don’t go, dear” But I felt ma time’s a-comin And I know’d I’s dyin’ fast I seed the River Jerden A-creepin’ muddy past But I’s still…

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