Caroling Dusk/Homesick Blues

by Langston Hughes

HOMESICK BLUES^[1]

De railroad bridge’sA sad song in de air.De railroad bridge’sA sad song in de air.Ever time de trains passI wants to go somewhere.

I went down to de station.Ma heart was in ma mouth.Went down to de station.Heart was in ma mouth.Lookin’ for a box carTo roll me to de South.

Homesick blues, Lawd,’S a terrible thing to have.Homesick blues isA terrible thing to have.To keep from cryin’I opens ma mouth an’ laughs.

1. By permission of and special arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., authorized publishers.