Social Commentaries

Year of Jubilee

by Thomas W. Talley (collector) 1870–1952

From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)

Social Commentaries

Niggers, has you seed ole Mosser;
(Red mustache on his face.)
A-gwine 'roun' sometime dis mawnin',
'Spectin' to leave de place?

Nigger Hands all runnin' 'way,
Looks lak we mought git free!
It mus' be now de Kingdom Come
In de Year o' Jubilee.

Oh, yon'er comes ole Mosser
Wid his red mustache all white!
It mus' be now de Kingdom Come
Sometime to-morrer night.

Yanks locked him in de smokehouse cellar,
De key's throwed in de well:
It shō' mus' be de Kingdom Come.
Go ring dat Nigger field-bell!

MLA

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Year of Jubilee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/77/.

Chicago

Thomas W. Talley (collector). “Year of Jubilee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/talley/77/.

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