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Paul Laurence Dunbar - Foolin` Wid De Seasons
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Seems lak folks is mighty curus
    In de way dey t`inks an` ac`s.
  Dey jes` spen`s dey days a-mixin`
    Up de t`ings in almanacs.
  Now, I min` my nex` do` neighbour,--
    He`s a mighty likely man,
  But he nevah t`inks o` nuffin
    `Ceptin` jes` to plot an` plan.

  All de wintah he was plannin`
    How he `d gethah sassafras
  Jes` ez soon ez evah Springtime
    Put some greenness in de grass.
  An` he `lowed a little soonah
    He could stan` a coolah breeze
  So `s to mek a little money
    F`om de sugah-watah trees.

  In de summah, he `d be waihin`
    Out de linin` of his soul,
  Try `n` ca`ci`late an` fashion
    How he `d git his wintah coal;
  An` I b`lieve he got his jedgement
    Jes` so tuckahed out an` thinned
  Dat he t`ought a robin`s whistle
    Was de whistle of de wind.

  Why won`t folks gin up dey plannin`,
    An` jes` be content to know
  Dat dey `s gittin` all dat`s fu` dem
    In de days dat come an` go?
  Why won`t folks quit movin` forrard?
    Ain`t hit bettah jes` to stan`
  An` be satisfied wid livin`
   In de season dat `s at han`?

  Hit `s enough fu` me to listen
    W`en de birds is singin` `roun`,
  `Dout a-guessin` whut `ll happen
    W`en de snow is on de groun`.
  In de Springtime an` de summah,
    I lays sorrer on de she`f;
  An` I knows ol` Mistah Wintah
    Gwine to hustle fu` hisse`f.

  We been put hyeah fu` a pu`pose,
    But de questun dat has riz
  An` made lots o` people diffah
    Is jes` whut dat pu`pose is.
  Now, accordin` to my reas`nin`,
    Hyeah`s de p`int whaih I `s arriv,
  Sence de Lawd put life into us,
    We was put hyeah fu` to live!
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