Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1917 — SAWGHUM ’LASSES TIME [ARTICLE]

SAWGHUM ’LASSES TIME

Don’ talk tuh me ’bout maple sap, An’ soggy buskwheat cakes, Co’n syrup, too, ain’ wuth uh rap, Wis all de time it takes Uh tastin’ on fo’ sumfin’ slweet, Dat somehow isn’t thga'h. But good ol’ sawghumcam-Lbe beat, In dis worl’ anywheah. y New Awlins ’lasses may be fine, Es sawghum yo’ ain’ seen. 01’ blackstrap draw dis mouf ob mine, Jes like uh simmon green. But es yo’ gwine talk sweet tuh me, Fo spreadin’ on mah bread, An’ mention swghum, lawsy me! Ah’d come back f’um de dead. Bring in de hot bread f’m de fiah, De sawghum jug an’ plate. Ah’se reached the hight ob mah desiah, An’, man, ah’se heah tuh state; Uh smokin’ biscuit in mah han’, De ’lasses stringin’ down— Dey ain’ no king in all de lan’, Dat weigh uh half uh poun’. Hot griddle ackes an’ muffins, too, An’ brown, sweet gingah bread, De Lawd know when Ah’m gwine git thoo’ Uh feeddn’ mah ol’ head. But when de sawghum jug am dry, An’ all de cakes am gone, Ah’d jes’ as soon lay down an’ die —- Until tomorrow mo’n. —Frank Markward. Twenty years ago a Korean schoolboy named Cynn was imprisoned because he had organized a literary society to discuss matters of general interest. Since completing his education in America, Mr. Cynn has been made principal of his old school, the Seoul Methodist Episcopal School for Boys.