The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar · Paul Laurence Dunbar

Johnny Speaks

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The sand-man he's a jolly old fellow,

His face is kind and his voice is mellow,

But he makes your eyelids as heavy as lead,

And then you got to go off to bed;

I don't think I like the sand-man.

But I've been playing this livelong day;

It does make a fellow so tired to play!

Oh, my, I'm a-yawning right here before ma,

I'm the sleepiest fellow that ever you saw.

I think I do like the sand-man.

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