So boy, don’t you turn back; Don’t you sit down on the steps, ’Cause… — The mother — Mother to Son (Langston Hughes) · Smartyfair

So boy, don’t you turn back; Don’t you sit down on the steps, ’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard;

The mother — Mother to Son (Langston Hughes)

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What turned up: Mother to Son (1922); Dramatic poetic speaker; original dialect retained.
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