Paul Laurence Dunbar - A Florida NightPaul Laurence Dunbar - A Florida Night
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Win` a-blowin` gentle so de san` lay low,
San` a little heavy f`om de rain,
All de pa`ms a-wavin` an` a-weavin` slow,
Sighin` lak a sinnah-soul in pain.
Alligator grinnin` by de ol` lagoon,
Mockin`-bird a-singin` to be big full moon.
`Skeeter go a-skimmin` to his fightin` chune
(Lizy Ann`s a-waitin` in de lane!).
Moccasin a-sleepin` in de cyprus swamp;
Need n`t wake de gent`man, not fu` me.
Mule, you need n`t wake him w`en you switch an` stomp,
Fightin` off a `skeeter er a flea.
Florida is lovely, she`s de fines` lan`
Evah seed de sunlight f`om de Mastah`s han`,
`Ceptin` fu` de varmints an` huh fleas an` san`
An` de nights w`en Lizy Ann ain` free.
Moon `s a-kinder shaddered on de melon patch;
No one ain`t a-watchin` ez I go.
Climbin` of de fence so `s not to click de latch
Meks my gittin` in a little slow.
Watermelon smilin` as it say, "I` s free;"
Alligator boomin`, but I let him be,
Florida, oh, Florida `s de lan` fu` me--
(Lizy Ann a-singin` sweet an` low).
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