| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Who Is That A-walking in the Corn? | | By Fenton Johnson |
| | From “Three Negro Spirituals”
WHO is that a-walking in the corn? | |
| I have looked to East and looked to West | |
| But nowhere could I find Him who walks | |
| Master’s cornfield in the morning. | |
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| Who is that a-walking in the corn? | 5 |
| Is it Joshua, the son of Nun?— | |
| Or King David come to fight the giant | |
| Near the cornfield in the morning? | |
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| Who is that a-walking in the corn? | |
| Is it Peter jangling Heaven’s keys?— | 10 |
| Or old Gabriel come to blow his horn | |
| Near the cornfield in the morning? | |
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| Who is that a-walking in the corn? | |
| I have looked to East and looked to West | |
| But nowhere could I find Him who walks | 15 |
| Master’s cornfield in the morning. | | | | |
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