| James Weldon Johnson, ed. (1871–1938). The Book of American Negro Poetry. 1922. |
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| Negro Serenade |
| | | James Edwin Campbell |
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| O, DE LIGHT-BUGS glimmer down de lane, | |
| Merlindy! Merlindy! | |
| O, de whip’-will callin’ notes ur pain— | |
| Merlindy, O, Merlindy! | |
| O, honey lub, my turkle dub, | 5 |
| Doan’ you hyuh my bawnjer ringin’, | |
| While de night-dew falls an’ de ho’n owl calls | |
| By de of ba’n gate Ise singin’. | |
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| O, Miss ’Lindy, doan’ you hyuh me, chil’, | |
| Merlindy! Merlindy! | 10 |
| My lub fur you des dribe me wil’— | |
| Merlindy, O, Merlindy! | |
| I’ll sing dis night twel broad day-light, | |
| Ur bu’s’ my froat wid tryin’, | |
| ’Less you come down, Miss ’Lindy Brown, | 15 |
| An’ stops dis ha’t f’um sighin’! | |
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