by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Goo'‑by Jinks, I got to hump
Language: English
Goo'-by Jinks, I got to hump, Got to mek dis pony jump; See dat sun a-goin' down 'N' me a-foolin' hyeah in town! Git up, Suke—go long! Guess Mirandy 'll think I's tight, Me not home an' comin' on night. What 's dat stan'in' by de fence? Pshaw! why don't I lu'n some sense? Git up, Suke—go long! Went dis mo'nin', hyeah it 's night, Dah 's de cabin dah in sight. Who's dat stan'in' in de do'? Dat must be Mirandy, sho', Git up, Suke— go long! Got de close-stick in huh han', Dat look funny, goodness lan', Sakes alibe, but she look glum! Hyeah, Mirandy, hyeah I come! Git up, Suke—go long! Ef 't had n't a' b'en fur you, you slow ole fool, I'd a' be'n home long fo' now!
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Confirmed with Paul Laurence Dunbar, The collected poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, University Press of Virginia, 1993
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "The Deliquent" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "The Delinquent", 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Four Negro Songs [sung text not yet checked]
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