Lyr Add: Christmas Folksong (Paul Laurence Dunbar)

Subject: Lyr Add: A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG (Paul L Dunbar)
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 01:22 PM

As requested in this thread here are the lyrics for Paul Laurence Dunbar's A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG:

De win' is blowin' wahmah,
An' hit's blowin' f'om de bay;
Dey's a so't o'mist a-risin'
All erlong de meddah way;
Dey ain't a hint o'frostin'
On de groun' ner in de sky,
An' dey ain't no use in hopin'
Dat de snow'll 'mence to fly.
It's goin' to be a green Christmas,
An' sad de day fu' me.
I wish dis was de las' one
Dat evah I should see.

Dey's dancin' in de cabin,
Dey's spahkin' by de tree;
But dancin' times an' spahkin'
Are all done pas' fu' me.
Dey's feastin' in de big house,
Wid all de windahs wide --
Is dat de way fu' people
To meet de Christmas-tide?
It's goin' to be a green Christmas,
No mattah what you say.
Dey's us dat will remembah
An' grieve de comin' day.

Dey's des a bref o'dampness
A-clingin' to my cheek;
De aih's been dahk an' heavy
An' threatenin' fu' a week,
But not wid signs o' wintah,
Dough wintah'd seem so deah --
De wintah's out o' season.
An' Christmas eve is hyeah.
It's goin' to be a green Christmas,
An' oh, how sad de day!
Go ax de hongry chu'chya'd,
An' see what hit will say.

Dey's Allen on de hillside,
An' Marfy in de plain;
Fu' Christmas was like springtime,
An' come wid sun an' rain.
Dey's Ca'line, John an, Susie,
Wid only dis one lef';
An' now de curse is comin'
Wid murder in hits bref,
It's goin' to be a green Christmas --
Des hyeah my words an' see;
Befo' de summah beckons
Dey's many'll weep wid me.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A Christmas FolkSong - P.L. Dunbar
From: MMario
Date: 29 Jul 05 - 03:25 PM

Kat - any music or tune directions included with these?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A Christmas FolkSong - P.L. Dunbar
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 29 Jul 05 - 05:02 PM

Nineteen of Dunbar's poems from "Howdy, Honey, Howdy" (1905) are on this Wright State University website. Each of the songs is accompanied by three of Miner's fine photographs. Christmas folk song

Kat, how many poems and how many photographs by Miner are in the book, "Howdy..."? I wonder if the website has reproduced all of the poems and photos. Look at "Faith," this made me hungry for a 'go'geous yallah yam,' and I am going to the store to look for one.

I can't find any music for the Christmas song on Google. Not at "Hymns and Carols for Christmas."

Emory University subscribers may access all of Dunbar's collected poetry on line.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: A Christmas FolkSong - P.L. Dunbar
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 29 Jul 05 - 05:12 PM

Hooray! Go to the 'Poetry Index" at the Wright University Dunbar website linked above and find all? of Dunbar's poems.