The following poem was written by June Johnson and can be found in her books at BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library in the Americana section of Special Collections. All original punctuation, capitalization, grammar and so forth has been left intact:

A YANKEE

A yankee met a southern beauty,
and each was sworn to do their duty.
She to save his soul and he to
his manly role.

As their love grew, they knew
they had a relationship built on
love and trust, that wouldn’t
end in the lust and dust.

You damn yankee! said she,
can’t you see, you have
a beauty from Tennessee
who would do almost anything
you’d tell her to.

She thinks you are kind and wise
and good, the hood is just a cover
you’ve needed in order to survive and stay alive in this
wicked, wicked world.