GOOD BYE, HONEY—GOOD BYE.
Reading edition
Gwine to leeb dis dear ol’ place, Good bye, honey; good bye! Time’s er flyin’, I mus’ make has’e, Good bye, honey; good bye! Hate to go, but I kain’t say no, It gives mah hea’t er pang o’ woe, Yo’ all’s mah fren’, not one’s mah foe, Good bye, honey; good bye! Sistah Jane, an’ uncle Joe? Good bye, honey; good bye! I hope we’ll see us all sum mo’, Good bye, honey; good bye! We’s gittin’ ol’, we’s gittin’ gray, Ah days am dun’ fo’ makin’ hay, Ah steps cum slo’ we’s wastin’ ’way, Good bye, honey; good bye! We’s had good times on dis ol’ place, Good bye, honey; good bye! We’s frollic’d in de possum chase, Good bye, honey; good bye! We’s picked de cotton, hoed de co’n, We’s picked de berries spite o’ thorns, We’s wocked at night, we’s wocked at morn, Good bye, honey; good bye! Hain’t dat Miss Linndy, obeah dah? Good bye, honey; good bye! Sho’ it am; well, I declah! Good bye, honey; good bye! Cum an’ shake de ol’ man’s han’, Gwine to leeb ol’ massa’s lan’ ’Deed, Miss Linndy, yo’ look gran’, Good bye, honey; good bye! Rastus? little Rastus, chile, Good bye, honey; good bye! Look ee dah, jes’ see him smile, Good bye, honey; good bye! Jes’ ez natshul ez his paw, De bes’ chile dat I ebbah saw, Got de mannahs ub his maw, Good bye, honey; good bye! Whah is Massa, is he ’roun’? Good bye, honey; good bye! ’Pears’ I koch his footstep soun’, Good bye, honey; good bye! I ’fess it’s hard to leeb him now, To say good bye, I doan’ kno’ how, I’ll shake his han’, jes’ make er bow, Good bye, honey; good bye! Mockin’ bird up in de tree? Good bye, honey; good bye! Yo’s sung er manny day to me. Good bye, honey; good bye! Er manny day dis hea’t o’ mine Yo’s cheered it wid yo’ song divine, An’ made de sunlight brighter shine, Good bye, honey; good bye!
