Classic Poem

Upon de mountain chillun call.
Cain't make a dollah, save mah soul.
Chillun hungry, nothin' to eat,
Get no money, walkin' de street.
Ast mah Cap'n cain he use a man.
Use a man, not a skeleton.
How cain ah make? Ah don' know.
Tired of starvin' won' starve no mo'.