The Deacon and the Owl

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
Cums fum de owl,
De mos' com'kul
Ub all de fowl;
He stahts dat choon
Jes' ez de night's
Er fallin' fum
De distant height.

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Dat's whut he say;
Hees 'wake at night
An' sleep at day;
All night erpun
His leery th'one
He sots an' makes
Dat debblish tone.

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He say dat thing,
An' at de same time
Bat his wing
Ez doh hees beckin'
To er coon
To cum an' watch
De blinkin' moon.

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Well, sah, by jim!
When he am sotin'
On er lim'
He sots dem great,
Big eyes er blink
Heed make de debbul
Shy an' shrink.

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He ax de frog,
He ax de howlin',
Bawkin' dog,
Ez sho' ez sin
De Lawd cundem,
He wan' to know
De whole ub dem.

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He woan' cum down
An' ax er coon
Erpun de groun';
He 'spec's er con
To clime er lim'
An' lak er fool
Den tawk to him.

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All th'ew de night
Dat onry cuss
Ez doh fo' spite
He ax dat quesshun—
Keeps dat shout
Until de moonlight
Fluddahs out.

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Dat onry owl
He ax de cats,
But dey jes' howl
An' tarn dey tails up,
Look'd erfright,
Den shuffled off
In de moonlight.

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
Kawnsahn his skin,
He needs er littel.
Kunjoorin';
I'll use dat rahbit-
Foot, snake bone—
I bet heel leeb
De fo'ks erlone.