Fifty Years & Other Poems/Nobody's Lookin' but de Owl an' de Moon
Nobody's Lookin' but de Owl an' de Moon
(A Negro Serenade)
De river is a-glistenin' in de moonlight,De owl is set'n high up in de tree;De little stars am twinklin' wid a sof' light,De night seems only jes fu' you an' me.Thoo de trees de breezes am a-sighin',Breathin' out a sort o' lover's croon,Der's nobody lookin' or a-spyin',Nobody but de owl an' de moon.
Nobody's lookin' but de owl an' de moon,An' de night is balmy; fu' de month is June;Come den, Honey, won't you? Come to meet me soon,W'ile nobody's lookin' but de owl an' de moon.
I feel so kinder lonely all de daytime,It seems I raly don't know what to do;I jes keep sort a-longin' fu' de night-time,'Cause den I know dat I can be wid you.An' de thought jes sets my brain a-swayin',An' my heart a-beatin' to a tune;Come, de owl won't tell w'at we's a-sayin',An' cose you know we kin trus' de moon.