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Paul Laurence Dunbar - Long Ago
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De ol` time`s gone, de new time`s hyeah
    Wid all hits fuss an` feddahs;
  I done fu`got de joy an` cheah
    We knowed all kin`s o` weddahs,
  I done fu`got each ol`-time hymn
    We ust to sing in meetin`;
  I `s leahned de prah`s, so neat an` trim,
    De preachah keeps us `peatin`.

  Hang a vine by de chimney side,
    An` one by de cabin do`;
  An` sing a song fu` de day dat died,
    De day of long ergo.

  My youf, hit`s gone, yes, long ergo,
    An` yit I ain`t a-moanin`;
  Hit `s fu` somet`ings I ust to know
    I set to-night a-honin`.
  De pallet on de ol` plank flo`,
    De rain bar`l und` de eaves,
  De live oak `fo` de cabin do`,
    Whaih de night dove comes an` grieves.

  Hang a vine by de chimney side,
    An` one by de cabin do`;
  An` sing a song fu` de day dat died,
    De day of long ergo.

  I `d lak a few ol` frien`s to-night
    To come an` set wid me;
  An` let me feel dat ol` delight
    I ust to in dey glee.
  But hyeah we is, my pipe an` me,
    Wid no one else erbout;
  We bofe is choked ez choked kin be,
    An` bofe `ll soon go out.

  Hang a vine by de chimney side,
    An` one by de cabin do`;
  An` sing a song fu` de day dat died,
    De day of long ergo.
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