Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass, <br />Whah de branch 'll go a-singin' as it pass. <br />An' w'en I's a-layin' low, <br />I kin hyeah it as it go <br />Singin', 'Sleep, my honey, tek yo' res' at las'.' <br /> <br />Lay me nigh to whah hit meks a little pool, <br />An' de watah stan's so quiet lak an' cool, <br />Whah de little birds in spring, <br />Ust to come an' drink an' sing, <br />An' de chillen waded on dey way to school. <br /> <br />Let me settle w'en my shouldahs draps dey load <br />Nigh enough to hyeah de noises in de road; <br />Fu' I t'ink de las' long res' <br />Gwine to soothe my sperrit bes' <br />Ef I's layin' 'mong de t'ings I's allus knowed.<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-death-song-2/
