On the Road
From Off the Road Database
| Author | Shackelford, Otis M. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Poetry |
| Journal or Book | - |
| Publisher | - |
| Year of Publication | 1911 |
| Pages | - |
| Additional information | - |
They would steal old master's horses,
Fat and sleek and full of spirit;
Steal them while that he was sleeping,
Soundly sleeping in his mansion;
From the stable would they steal them,
Ride them upward through the valley
To the place of fun and frolic,
Till they reached the very doorway
Of the place of fun and frolic.
There a score or more of Negroes
Would assemble in the night-time,
Would assemble for their pleasure,
After toiling hard the day long,
After toiling hard the week long.
Thus they whiled away their sorrow,
Thus they made their burdens lighter,
Thus they had their recreation,
Through a life that was a struggle.
