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Paul Laurence Dunbar - A Plantation Portrait
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HAIN`T you see my Mandy Lou,
Is it true?
Whaih you been f`om day to day,
Whaih, I say?
Dat you say you nevah seen
Dis hyeah queen
Walkin` roun` f`om fiel` to street
Smilin` sweet?
Slendah ez a saplin` tree;
Seems to me
W`en de win` blow f`om de bay
She jes` sway
Lak de reg`lar saplin` do
Ef hit`s grew
Straight an` graceful, `dout a limb,
Sweet an` slim.
Browner den de frush`s wing,
An` she sing
Lak he mek his wa`ble ring
In de spring;
But she sholy beat de frush,
Hyeah me, hush:
W`en she sing, huh teef kin show
White ez snow.
Eyes ez big an` roun` an` bright
Ez de light
Whut de moon gives in de prime
Harvest time.
An` huh haih a woolly skein,
Black an` plain,
Hol`s you wid a natchul twis`
Close to bliss.
Tendah han`s dat mek yo` own
Feel lak stone;
Easy steppin`, blessid feet, 
Small an` sweet. 
Hain`t you seen my Mandy Lou,
Is it true?
Look at huh befo` she`s gone, 
Den pass on!
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