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Poem: “Johnny Speaks” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Paul Laurence DunbarPoems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Johnny Speaks


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.


< < < The Sand-Man
Winter-Song > > >


American Literature – Children Books – American Poetry – Paul Laurence DunbarPoems by Paul Laurence Dunbar


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