Paul Laurence Dunbar - DelyPaul 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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