(Lullaby) <br /> <br />Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to sleep <br />Mammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile; <br />Daddy is a-wukin' down in de cott'n fiel', <br />Wukin' fu' his little honey child. <br />An' yo' mammy's heart is jes a-brimmin' full o' lub <br />Fu' you f'om yo' head down to yo' feet; <br />Oh, no mattah w'at some othah folks may t'ink o' you, <br />To yo' mammy's heart you's mighty sweet. <br /> <br />You's sweet to yo' mammy jes de same; <br />Dat's why she calls you Honey fu' yo' name. <br />Yo' face is black, dat's true, <br />An' yo' hair is woolly, too, <br />But, you's sweet to yo' mammy jes de same. <br /> <br />Up der in de big house w'ere dey lib so rich an' gran' <br />Dey's got chillen dat dey lubs, I s'pose; <br />Chillen dat is purty, oh, but dey can't lub dem mo' <br />Dan yo' mammy lubs you, heaben knows! <br /> <br />Dey may t'ink you's homely, an' yo' clo'es dey may be po', <br />But yo' shinin' eyes, dey hol's a light <br />Dat, my Honey, w'en you opens dem so big an' roun', <br />Makes you lubly in yo' mammy's sight.<br /><br />James Weldon Johnson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-s-sweet-to-yo-mammy-de-same/
