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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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