Diddie, Dumps & Tot eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 176 pages of information about Diddie, Dumps & Tot.

Diddie, Dumps & Tot eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 176 pages of information about Diddie, Dumps & Tot.

“Wen de Lord fotches dem s’ords outn Eden, an’ dem famines outn Egyp’, an’ tu’n ’em erloose on dis plantation, I tell yer, mun, dar’s gwine be skyeared niggers hyear.  Yer won’t see no dancin’ den; yer won’t hyear no cussin’, nor no chickens hollin’ uv er night; dey won’t be no reel chunes sung den; yer’ll want ter go ter prayin’, an’ yer’ll be er callin’ on us wat is stedfus in de faith fur ter hep yer; but we can’t hep yer den.  We’ll be er tryin’ on our wings an’ er floppin’ ’em” ("Yes, bless God!” thus Uncle Snake-bit Bob), “an’ er gittin’ ready fur ter start upuds!  We’ll be er lacin’ up dem golden shoes” ("Yes, marster!” thus Mammy), “fur ter walk thu dem pearly gates.  We can’t stop den.  We can’t ’liver no message den; de Book’ll be shot.  So, bredren, hyear it dis ebenin’.  ‘Dey young men shall die by de s’ord, an’ dey sons an’ dey daughters by de famine.’

“Now, I’ve said ernuff; dey’s no use fur ter keep er talkin’, an’ all you backslidin’ chu’ch membahs, tremblin’ sinners, an’ weepin’ monahs, come up hyear dis ebenin’, an’ try ter git erroun’ dem s’ords an’ dem famines.  Now my skyearts is clar, caze I done ’liver de message.  I done tol’ yer whar hit come fum.  I tol’ yer ’twas in de Book, ’boutn middle-ways twix’ een an’ een; an’ wedder David writ it or Sam’l writ it, or Gen’sis writ it or Paul writ it, or Phesians writ it or Loshuns writ it, dat ain’t nudder hyear nor dar; dat don’t make no diffunce; some on ’em writ it, caze hit’s sholy in de Book, fur de oberseer’s wife she read hit ter me outn dar; an’ I tuck ’tickler notice, too, so’s I could tell yer right whar ter fin’ it.  An’, bredren, I’m er tellin’ yer de truf dis ebenin’; hit’s jes ‘bout de middle twix’ een an’ een.  Hit’s dar, sho’s yer born, an’ dar ain’t no way fur ter ‘sputin’ it, nor ter git roun’ it, ‘septin’ fur ter tu’n fum yer wickedness.  An’ now, Brudder Gabe, raise er chune; an’ sing hit lively, bredren; an’ wile dey’s singin’ hit, I want yer ter come up hyear an’ fill deze monahs’ benches plum full.  Bredren, I want monahs ‘pun top er monahs dis ebenin’.  Bredren, I want ’em in crowds.  I want ’em in droves.  I want ’em in layers.  I want ’em in piles.  I want ’em laid ’pun top er one ernudder, bredren, tell yer can’t see de bottumus’ monahs.  I want ’em piled up hyear dis ebenin’.  I want ’em packed down, mun, an’ den tromped on, ter make room fur de nex’ load.  Oh, my bredren, come! fur ’dey young men shall die by de s’ord, an’ dey sons an’ dey daughters by de famine.’”

The scene that followed baffles all description.  Uncle Gabe struck up—­

“Oh, lebe de woods uv damnation;
Come out in de fields uv salvation;
Fur de Lord’s gwine ter bu’n up creation,
  Wen de day uv jedgment come.”

“Oh, sinners, yer may stan’ dar er laffin’,
Wile de res’ uv us is er quaffin’
Uv de streams wich de win’s is er waffin’
  Right fresh fum de heb’nly sho’.”

“But, min’, dar’s er day is er comin’,
Wen yer’ll hyear a mighty pow’ful hummin’;
Wen dem angels is er blowin’ an’ er drummin’,
  In de awful jedgment day.”

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