Poem by James Weldon Johnson

An Explanation

Look heah! 'Splain to me de reason
Why you said to Squire Lee,
Der wuz twelve ole chicken thieves
In dis heah town, includin' me.
Ef he tole you dat, my brudder,
He said sump'n dat warn't true;
W'at I said wuz dis, dat der wuz
Twelve, _widout_ includin' you.

Oh!...!--

1. And the Greatest of These Is War
2. Brer Rabbit, You's de Cutes' of 'Em All
3. De Little Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep
4. The Ghost of Deacon Brown
5. Morning, Noon and Night

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