When Malindy sings / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]
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- When Malindy sings / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]
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- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
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- 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 May 5, 2025.
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Page [16]
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HIT'S been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin', Kin' o' techy all day long. I ain't wet enough fu' toddy, I's too damp to raise a song, An' de case have set me t'inkin', Dat dey's folk des lak de rain, Dat goes drizzlin' w'en dey's talkin', An' won't speak out flat an' plain.
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Ain't you nevah set an' listenedAt a body 'splain his min'? W'en de t'oughts dey keep on drappin'Was n't big enough to fin'?Dem's whut I call drizzlin' people,Othahs call 'em mealy mouf,But de fust name hits me bettah,Case dey nevah tech a drouf.
Dey kin talk from hyeah to yandah, An' f'om yandah hyeah ergain, An' dey don' mek no mo' 'pression, Den dis powd'ry kin' o' rain. En yo' min' is dry ez cindahs,Er a piece o' kindlin' wood,'T ain't no use a-talkin' to'em,Fu' dey drizzle ain't no good.
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Gimme folks dat speak out nachul, Whut'll say des whut dey mean, Whut don't set dey wo'ds so skimpy Dat you got to guess between. I want talk des' lak de showahs Whut kin wash de dust erway, Not dat sprinklin' convusation, Dat des drizzle all de day.