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Paul Laurence Dunbar - Keep A Song Up On De Way
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Oh, de clouds is mighty heavy
  An` de rain is mighty thick;
   Keep a song up on de way.
  An` de waters is a rumblin`
  On de boulders in de crick,
    Keep a song up on de way.
  Fu` a bird ercross de road
  Is a-singin` lak he knowed
  Dat we people did n`t daih
  Fu` to try de rainy aih
    Wid a song up on de way.

  What`s de use o` gittin` mopy,
  Case de weather ain` de bes`!
    Keep a song up on de way.
  W`en de rain is fallin` ha`des`,
  Dey `s de longes` times to res`
    Keep a song up on de way.
  Dough de plough `s a-stan`in` still
  Dey `ll be watah fu` de mill,
  Rain mus` come ez well ez sun
  `Fo` de weathah`s wo`k is done,
    Keep a song up on de way.

  W`y hit`s nice to hyeah de showahs
  Fallin` down ermong de trees:
    Keep a song up on de way.
  Ef de birds don` bothah `bout it,
  But go singin` lak dey please,
    Keep a song up on de way.
  You don` s`pose I`s gwine to see
  Dem ah fowls do mo` dan me?
  No, suh, I `ll des chase dis frown,
  An` aldough de rain fall down,
    Keep a song up on de way.
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