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Paul Laurence Dunbar - The Plantation Child`s Lullaby
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WINTAH time hit comin`
Stealin` thoo de night;
Wake up in the mo`nin`
Evah ting is white;
Cabin lookin` lonesome
Stannin` in de snow,
Meks you kin` o` nervous,
W`en de win` hit blow.
Trompin` back from feedin`,
Col` an` wet an` blue,
Homespun jacket ragged,
Win` a-blowin` thoo.
Cabin lookin` cheerful,
Unnerneaf de do`,
Yet you kin` o` keerful
W`en de win` hit blow.
Hickory log a-blazin`
Light a-lookin` red,
Faith o` eyes o` peepin`
R`om a trun`le bed,
Little feet a-patterin`
Clear across de flo`;
Bettah had be keerful
W`en de win` hit blow.
Suppah done an` ovah,
Evah t`ing is still;
Listen to de snowman
Slippin` down de hill.
Ashes on de fiah,
Keep it wa`m but low.
What`s de use o` keerin`
Ef de win` do blow?
Smoke house full o` bacon,
Brown an` sweet an` good;
Taters in de cellah,
`Possum roam de wood;
Little baby snoozin`
Des ez ef he know.
What`s de use o` keerin`
Ef de win` do blow?
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