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Possum Song

(A Warning)'Simmons ripenin' in de fall,

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, run!

Mockin' bird commence to call,

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, git out de way!

You better run,

Brudder'Possum, git out de way!

Run some whar an' hide!

Ole moon am sinkin'Down behin' de tree.

Ole Eph am thinkin'An' chuckelin' wid glee.

Ole Tige am blinkin'An' frisky as kin be,

Yo' chances,

Brudder 'Possum,

Look mighty slim to me.

Run, run, run,

I tell you,

Run,

Brudder 'Possum, run!

Run, run, run,

I tell you,

Ole Eph's got a gun.

Pickaninnies grinnin'Waitin' fu' to see de fun.

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, git out de way!

Run,

Brudder 'Possum, run!\Brudder 'Possum take a tip;

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, run!'Tain't no use in actin' flip,

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, git out de way!

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, git out de way!

Run some whar an' hide.

Dey's gwine to houn'

All along de line,

W'en dey done foun' you,

Den what's de use in sighin'?

Wid taters roun' you.

You sholy would tase fine—So listen,

Brudder 'Possum,

You better be a-flyin'.

Run, run, run,

I tell you,

Run,

Brudder 'Possum, run!

Run, run, run,

I tell you,

Ole Eph's got a gun.

Pickaninnies grinnin'Waitin' fu' to see de fun.

You better run,

Brudder 'Possum, git out de way!

Run,

Brudder 'Possum, run!

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James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist G…
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