Sukee River[1]
I shall love you ever,
Dearest Sukee River:
Dash against my broken heart,
Nevermore from you I’ll part,
But I will stay forever,
Crystal Sukee River.
Cool my fevered brow:
Ah! ’tis better now,
As I serpent-like lance t’rough
Your broad pool o’ deepest blue!
Dis once burnin’ brow
Is more better now.
All about me dashin’,
H’is’in’ up an’ splashin’,
Bubbles like de turtle-berries,
Jostlin’ wid de yerry-yerries,
All about me dashin’
H’is’in’ up an’ splashin’.
Oh! dis blissful swim,
- ↑ A river in Clarendon. Pronounce Sooky, with oo as in look.
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