Small Sacrifice

Lu she love dem children
like she love her life.
When de Masa lose he shirt
alonga da plantation
she knows dey get sold,
her little ‘un she not walking yet
but de two boys
nine and six
dey’s get good money.

Lu, she desp’rate
to take ‘em out
aimin’ north - Canada mebbe
but de bounty men was fast
and caught ‘em
dis side of Massachusetts.

Lu had ‘em all hidin’
in a pig pen.
When she hear de men get close
she go to kill her babbies - all three
but she only got de littlest throat
screamin’ all da while.

She in jail now
and de boys?.
Lawd knows where dey at.