A WARM DAY IN WINTER
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When Malindy sings / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]
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- Title
- When Malindy sings / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]
- Author
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
- Publication
- New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Co.
- 1903
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"When Malindy sings / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD9541.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2025.
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Page [90]
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Page 91
"SUNSHINE on de medders, Greenness on de way;Dat's de blessed reason I sing all de day." Look hyeah! Whut you axin'? Whut meks me so merry? 'Spect to see me sighin' W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary?
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Page 93
'Long de stake an' rider Seen a robin set; W'y, hit 'mence a-thawin',Groun' is monst'ous wet.Den you stan' dah wond'rin', 'Lookin' skeert an' stary; I's a right to caperW'en hit's wa'm in Febawary.
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Page 95
Missis gone a-drivin', Mastah gone to shoot; Ev'ry da'ky lazin' In de sun to boot. Qua'tah's moughty pleasant, Hangin' 'roun' my Mary; Cou'tin' boun' to prospah W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary.
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Cidah' look so pu'ty, Po'in' f'om de jug— Don' you see it's happy?Hyeah it laffin' — glug? Now's de time fu' people Fu' to try an' bury All dey grief an' sorrer, W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary.