[Josh has taken a liking to Bessie, she works with her brother on the neighboring plantation; helps Josh with his two boys, and now Josh has created a song for her, he is wooing her, it would seem. She has come over to his shanty in the back of the Hightower house, by the carrel. They are now sitting on the little porch, in two rockers, and he is singing this song to her; Josh is not know to have ever been too romantic, in the past, or future, nor in the present, but he is here a little more balanced than in most previous episodes.] To night she comes to de arms of dhe lover
Tak dey' time I can hear de cooing of de bird'
Dont you hears what de birds say?
Tak dey time I can hear de cooing of de bird'
Miles an' miles away.
Oh stay, stay! De Josh he say,
Ain't you hear what de birds say?
Oh, stay, stay de birds say,
Hush de mout', de birds say,
Listen de birds say,
I can hear de soundin' of he singin'
De lover he say
De windin' of he song.
Take you' time de bird say
Old Josh is on he way
Oh, listen to what de bird say
Bessie, Bessie ain't you her
De soundin' of he bird;
Have no fear, de bird say
He ain't but a mile away
Take you' time, oh yes de bird say
Not too late for Bessie an' me
I hear de bird sing.
Written 5/19/06, Lima, Peru |
