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]1. [Ha’dship, frolic, grief er caih]2, Content by night [an’]3 day, Ef only I kin see you [whaih]4 You wait beside de way. Livin’, dyin’, smiles er [teahs]5, My soul will still be free, [Ef ]6 only thoo de comin’ [yeahs]7 You walk de worl’ wid me. Bird-song, breeze-wail, [chune er]8 moan, What puny t’ings dey’ll be, [Ef]6 [w’en I’s]9 seemin’ all erlone, I knows [yo’ hea’t’s]10 wid me.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Price: "Side"
2 Price: "Hardship, frolic, grief or care"
3 Price: "and"
4 Price: "where"
5 Price: "tears"
6 Price: "If"
7 Price: "years"
8 Price: "tune or"
9 Price: "when I'se"
10 Price: "your heart's"
Confirmed 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
Line count: 16
Word count: 106