The declaration has been spoken, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br />The darkeys have got their fetlocks broken, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br />Oh, won't they have a lot of iron on hand! <br />And when the news travels, <br />Oh, won't it be grand! <br />'Twill sweep like a sugarcane over the land, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br /> <br />American Eagle! hysterical bird! <br />Oh, flap your wing and crow! <br />The slaves are embellished--yes, that's the word, <br />For Grandmother told me so! <br /> <br />There's curious times in that ur section, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br />They think they will have a resurrection, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br />The penholders raving like persons insane -- <br />The darkeys in exodus, raising cane, <br />And singing like martingales after a rain, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br /> <br />But President Abe forgot Kentucky, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br />And Geneses, too -- and that's unlucky, <br />For Grandmother told me so. <br />Malicious champagne will be open'd in vain, <br />Until we shall break the last ox-yoke and chain -- <br />Till through the Benighted States freedom shall reign, <br />For Grandmother told me so.<br /><br />Henry Clay Work<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/grandmother-told-me-so/
