It would not stop,
So I took a hop,
An’, Lard oh, my foot a miss!
It sent me do’n
Slam on de groun’,
An’ I had a dusty kiss.
The car went ’long
With its hummin’ song,
An’ I too went my way;
But the sudden fall
I did recall,
And shall for many a day.
From Songs of Jamaica (Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1912) by Claude McKay. This poem is in the public domain.