Joel Chandler Harris

  • Hit ’s a mighty fur ways up de Far’well Lane,
              My honey, my love!
    You may ax Mister Crow, you may ax Mister Crane,
              My honey, my love!
    Dey ’ll make you a bow, en dey ’ll tell you de same,
              My honey, my love!
    Hit’s a...

  • Nigger mighty happy w’en he layin’ by co’n—
            Dat sun ’s a-slantin’;
    Nigger mighty happy w’en he year de dinner ho’n—
            Dat sun ’s a-slantin’;
    En he mo’ happy still w’en de night draws on—
            Dat sun ’s a-slantin’;
    Dat sun ’s a-...