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Yous Sweet to Yo Mammy de Same

(Lullaby)Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to

Mammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile;

Daddy is a-wukin' down in de cott'n fiel',

Wukin' fu' his little honey child.

An' yo' mammy's heart is jes a-brimmin' full o'

Fu' you f'om yo' head down to yo' feet;

Oh, no mattah w'at some othah folks may t'ink o' you,

To yo' mammy's heart you's mighty sweet.

You's sweet to yo' mammy jes de same;

Dat's why she calls you Honey fu' yo' name.

Yo' face is black, dat's true,

An' yo' hair is woolly, too,

But, you's sweet to yo' mammy jes de same.

Up der in de big house w'ere dey lib so rich an' gran'Dey's got chillen dat dey lubs,

I s'pose;

Chillen dat is purty, oh, but dey can't lub dem mo'Dan yo' mammy lubs you, heaben knows!

Dey may t'ink you's homely, an' yo' clo'es dey may be po',

But yo' shinin' eyes, dey hol's a

Dat, my Honey, w'en you opens dem so big an' roun',

Makes you lubly in yo' mammy's sight.

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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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