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Paul Laurence Dunbar - Dely
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Jes` lak toddy wahms you thoo`
    Sets yo` haid a reelin`,
  Meks you ovah good and new,
    Dat `s de way I `s feelin`.
  Seems to me hit `s summah time,
    Dough hit `s wintah reely,
  I `s a feelin` jes` dat prime--
    An` huh name is Dely.

  Dis hyeah love `s a cu`rus thing,
    Changes `roun` de season,
  Meks you sad or meks you sing,
    `Dout no urfly reason.
  Sometimes I go mopin` `roun`,
    Den agin I `s leapin`;
  Sperits allus up an` down
    Even when I `s sleepin`.

  Fu` de dreams comes to me den,
    An` dey keeps me pitchin`,
  Lak de apple dumplin`s w`en
    Bilin` in de kitchen.
  Some one sot to do me hahm,
    Tryin` to ovahcome me,
  Ketchin` Dely by de ahm
    So `s to tek huh f`om me.

  Mon, you bettah b`lieve I fights
    (Dough hit`s on`y seemin`);
  I`s a hittin` fu` my rights
    Even w`en I `s dreamin`.
  But I `d let you have `em all,
    Give `em to you freely,
  Good an` bad ones, great an` small,
    So `s you leave me Dely.

  Dely got dem meltin` eyes,
    Big an` black an` tendah.
  Dely jes` a lady-size,
    Delikit an` slendah.
  Dely brown ez brown kin be
    An` huh haih is curly;
  Oh, she look so sweet to me,--
    Bless de precious girlie!

  Dely brown ez brown kin be,
    She ain` no mullatter;
  She pure cullud,--don` you see
    Dat `s jes` whut `s de mattah?
  Dat `s de why I love huh so,
    D` ain`t no mix about huh,
  Soon `s you see huh face you know
    D` ain`t no chanst to doubt huh.

  Folks dey go to chu`ch an` pray
    So `s to git a blessin`.
  Oomph, dey bettah come my way,
    Dey could lu`n a lesson.
  Sabbaf day I don` go fu`,
    Jes` to see my pigeon;
  I jes` sets an` looks at huh,
    Dat`s enuff `uligion.
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