Dey is times in life, when Nature
Seems to slip a cog an' go,
Jes' a rattlin' down creation,
Lak an ocean's overflow;
When de worl' jes' stahts a-spinnin'
Lak a picaninny's top,
An' yo' cup o' joy is brimmin'
'Twel it seems about to slop.
An' you feel jes' lak a racah,
Dat is trainin' fu' to trot--
When yo' mammy ses de blessin'
An' de co'n pone's hot.

When you set down at de table,
Kin' o' weary lak an' sad,
An' you'se jes' a little tiahed
An' purhaps a little mad;
How yo' gloom tu'ns into gladness,
How yo' joy drives out de doubt
When de oven do' is opened,
An' de smell comes po'in' out;
Why, de 'lectric light o' Heaven
Seems to settle on de spot,
When yo' mammy ses de blessin'
An' de co'n pone's hot.

When de cabbage pot is steamin'
An' de bacon good an' fat,
When de chittlin's is a sputter'n'
So's to show you whah dey's at;
Take away yo' sody biscuit,
Take away yo' cake an' pie,
Fu' de glory time is comin',
An' its 'proachin' very nigh,
An' you want to jump an' hollah,
Do you know you'd bettah not,
When yo' mammy ses de blessin'
An' de co'n pone's hot.

I have heerd o' lots o' sermons,
An' I've heerd o' lots o' prayers;
An' I've listened to some singin'
Dat has tuck me up de stairs
Of de Glory-Lan' an' set me
Jes' below de Mahster's th'one
An' have lef' my hawt a singin'
In a happy aftah tone.
But dem wu'ds so sweetly murmured
Seem to tech de softes' spot,
When my mammy ses de blessin',
An' de co'n pone's hot.

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