For Maia and Julie) <br /> <br />Drifting night in the Georgia pines, <br />coonskin drum and jubilee banjo. <br />Pretty Malinda, dance with me. <br /> <br />Night is juba, night is congo. <br />Pretty Malinda, dance with me. <br /> <br />Night is an African juju man <br />weaving a wish and a weariness together <br />to make two wings. <br /> <br />O fly away home fly away <br /> <br />Do you remember Africa? <br /> <br />O cleave the air fly away home <br /> <br />My gran, he flew back to Africa, <br />just spread his arms and <br />flew away home. <br /> <br />Drifting night in the windy pines; <br />night is laughing, night is a longing. <br />Pretty Malinda, come to me. <br /> <br />Night is a mourning juju man <br />weaving a wish and a weariness together <br />to make two wings. <br /> <br />O fly away home fly away<br /><br />Robert Hayden<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/o-daedalus-fly-away-home/
