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Paul Laurence Dunbar - Lover`s Lane
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Summah night an` sighin` breeze,
    `Long de lovah`s lane;
  Frien`ly, shadder-mekin` trees,
    `Long de lovah`s lane.
  White folks` wo`k all done up gran`--
  Me an` `Mandy han`-in-han`
  Struttin` lak we owned de lan`,
    `Long de lovah`s lane.

  Owl a-settin` `side de road,
    `Long de lovah`s lane,
  Lookin` at us lak he knowed
    Dis uz lovah`s lane.
  Go on, hoot yo` mou`nful tune,
  You ain` nevah loved in June,
  An` come hidin` f`om de moon
    Down in lovah`s lane.

  Bush it ben` an` nod an` sway,
    Down in lovah`s lane,
  Try`n` to hyeah me whut I say
    `Long de lovah`s lane.
  But I whispahs low lak dis,
  An` my `Mandy smile huh bliss--
  Mistah Bush he shek his fis`,
   Down in lovah`s lane.

  Whut I keer ef day is long,
    Down in lovah`s lane.
  I kin allus sing a song
    `Long de lovah`s lane.
  An` de wo`ds I hyeah an` say
  Meks up fu` de weary day
  Wen I`s strollin` by de way,
    Down in lovah`s lane.

  An` dis t`ought will allus rise
    Down in lovah`s lane;
  Wondah whethah in de skies
    Dey `s a lovah`s lane.
  Ef dey ain`t, I tell you true,
  `Ligion do look mighty blue,
  `Cause I do` know whut I `d do
    `Dout a lovah`s lane.
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