Lewis Alexander, "Sweet Mama Do Right" (1929)
By Lewis Alexander
I gits up in the mornin'
And works out hard all day.
I comes home in the evenin'
And gives him all my pay.
I don't know why he does it
But he sho does treat me mean
Hit ain't no way to do me
As good as I is been.
He goes out nearly every night
And stays the whole night th'u.
What is there for a workin' girl
Like po' ole me to do?
Can't raise my hand and fight him
For he's too big and strong.
But I can't stand this sort a thing
I gits for much more long.
Can't take no gun and shoot him
Because I loves him so.
Can't take no train and leave him
Cause I'll need him where I'll go.
I guess I'll have to be satisfied
To git him when I can
For no one knows but Gawd jus'
How I loves that big black man.
Published in The Carolina Magazine, February 1929
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