How Did You Rest, Last Night?
"How did you rest, last night?" - I've heard my gran'pap say Them words a thousand times - that's right - Jes them words thataway! As punctchul-like as morning dast To ever heave in sight Gran'pap 'ud allus haf to ast - "How did you rest, last night?" Us young-uns used to grin, At breakfast, on the sly, And mock the wobble of his chin And eyebrows belt so high And kind: "How did you rest, last night?" We'd mumble and let on Our voices trimbled, and our sight Was dim, and hearin' gone. * * * * * Bad as I used to be, All I'm a-wantin' is As puore and ca'm a sleep fer me And sweet a sleep as his! And so I pray, on Jedgment Day To wake, and with its light See his face dawn, and hear him say - "How did you rest, last night?"
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