(A Negro Serenade) <br /> <br />De river is a-glistenin' in de moonlight, <br />De owl is set'n high up in de tree; <br />De little stars am twinklin' wid a sof' light, <br />De night seems only jes fu' you an' me. <br />Thoo de trees de breezes am a-sighin', <br />Breathin' out a sort o' lover's croon, <br />Der's nobody lookin' or a-spyin', <br />Nobody but de owl an' de moon. <br /> <br />Nobody's lookin' but de owl an' de moon, <br />An' de night is balmy; fu' de month is June; <br />Come den, Honey, won't you? Come to meet me soon, <br />W'ile nobody's lookin' but de owl an' de moon. <br /> <br />I feel so kinder lonely all de daytime, <br />It seems I raly don't know what to do; <br />I jes keep sort a-longin' fu' de night-time, <br />'Cause den I know dat I can be wid you. <br />An' de thought jes sets my brain a-swayin', <br />An' my heart a-beatin' to a tune; <br />Come, de owl won't tell w'at we's a-sayin', <br />An' cose you know we kin trus' de moon.<br /><br />James Weldon Johnson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nobody-s-lookin-but-de-owl-an-de-moon/
