(A Warning) <br /> <br /> <br />'Simmons ripenin' in de fall, <br />You better run, <br />Brudder 'Possum, run! <br />Mockin' bird commence to call, <br />You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out de way! <br />You better run, Brudder'Possum, git out de way! <br />Run some whar an' hide! <br />Ole moon am sinkin' <br />Down behin' de tree. <br />Ole Eph am thinkin' <br />An' chuckelin' wid glee. <br />Ole Tige am blinkin' <br />An' frisky as kin be, <br />Yo' chances, Brudder 'Possum, <br />Look mighty slim to me. <br /> <br />Run, run, run, I tell you, <br />Run, Brudder 'Possum, run! <br />Run, run, run, I tell you, <br />Ole Eph's got a gun. <br />Pickaninnies grinnin' <br />Waitin' fu' to see de fun. <br />You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out de way! <br />Run, Brudder 'Possum, run! <br />Brudder 'Possum take a tip; <br />You better run, <br />Brudder 'Possum, run! <br />'Tain't no use in actin' flip, <br />You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out de way! <br />You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out de way! <br />Run some whar an' hide. <br />Dey's gwine to houn' you <br />All along de line, <br />W'en dey done foun' you, <br />Den what's de use in sighin'? <br />Wid taters roun' you. <br />You sholy would tase fine— <br />So listen, Brudder 'Possum, <br />You better be a-flyin'. <br /> <br />Run, run, run, I tell you, <br />Run, Brudder 'Possum, run! <br />Run, run, run, I tell you, <br />Ole Eph's got a gun. <br />Pickaninnies grinnin' <br />Waitin' fu' to see de fun. <br />You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out de way! <br />Run, Brudder 'Possum, run!<br /><br />James Weldon Johnson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/possum-song/
