by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)
Wintah, summah, snow er shine
Language: English
Wintah, summah, snow er shine, Hit’s all de same to me, Ef only I kin call you mine, An’ keep you by my knee. Ha’dship, frolic, grief er caih, Content by night an’ day, Ef only I kin see you whaih You wait beside de way. Livin’, dyin’, smiles er teahs, My soul will still be free, Ef only thoo de comin’ yeahs You walk de worl’ wid me. Bird-song, breeze-wail, chune er moan, What puny t’ings dey’ll be, Ef w’en I’s seemin’ all erlone, I knows yo’ hea’t’s wid me.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with P.L. Dunbar, The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1913
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Song", appears in Lyrics of Love and Laughter [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "Love Song", c1930 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Simon Sargon (b. 1938), "Song", 1965 [ soprano and piano ], from Jump Back, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-09
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Word count: 106