Social Commentaries
Year of Jubilee
From Negro Folk Rhymes (1922)
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!
Cite this poem
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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