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YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES' DE SAME, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to sleep
Last Line: Makes you lubly in yo' mammy's sight.


Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to sleep,
Mammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile;
Daddy is a-wu'kin' down in de cott'n fiel',
Wu'kin' fu' his little honey chile.
An' yo' mammy's heart is jes' a-brimmin' full o' lub
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 light
Dat, my Honey, w'en you opens dem so big an' roun',
Makes you lubly in yo' mammy's sight.





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