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James Weldon Johnson - Answer to Prayer
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Der ain`t no use in sayin` de Lawd won`t answer prah;
If you knows how to ax Him, I knows He`s bound to heah.

De trouble is, some people don`t ax de proper way,
Den w`en dey git`s no answer dey doubts de use to pray.

You got to use egzac`ly de `spressions an` de words
To show dat `tween yo` faith an` works, you `pends on works two-thirds.

Now, one time I remember — jes how long I won`t say—
I thought I`d like a turkey to eat on Chris`mus day.

Fu` weeks I dreamed `bout turkeys, a-struttin` in der pride;
But seed no way to get one — widout de Lawd pervide.

An` so I went to prayin`, I pray`d wid all my might; 
"Lawd, sen` to me a turkey." I pray`d bofe day an` night.

"Lawd, sen` to me a turkey, a big one if you please."
I `clar to heaben I pray`d so much I mos` wore out ma knees.

I pray`d dat prah so often, I pray`d dat prah so long,
Yet didn`t git no turkey, I know`d `twas sump`n wrong.

So on de night `fore Chris`mus w`en I got down to pray,
"Lawd, sen` me to a turkey," I had de sense to say.

"Lawd, sen` me to a turkey." I know dat prah was right,
An` it was sholy answer`d; I got de bird dat night.
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