African American Poetry (1870-1928): A Digital Anthology

Waring Cuney, "Pick Song" (1928)

If I had dug in one place
all my life,
say all my life,
I would have dug a hole
Through dis earth,
say through dis earth.
I would have dug a hole
through dis earth.

Eigh! Lawd!

If I had dug in one place
all my life,
say all my life,
I would be a-tumbling
down in space,
say down in space.
I would be a-tumbling
down in space.

Eigh! Lawd! 


Published in Saturday Evening Quill, 1928

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