Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive

Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)

Pffenberger Deutzelheim [pseudonym]

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A Banjo Song (Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Gary Bachlund
A boy's summer song ('Tis fine to play) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
Accountability (Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits) (from Howdy Honey Howdy)
Accountability (Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits) (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - Gary Bachlund
A cloud fell down from the heavens (from Majors and Minors) (A starry night)
A cloud fell down from the heavens (from Majors and Minors) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ulysses Simpson Kay (A starry night)
A corn-song (On the wide veranda white) (from Majors and Minors)
A corn-song (On the wide veranda white) (from Majors and Minors) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (A crust of bread)
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) (Life)
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Gary Bachlund, Herbert Haufrecht, Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (Life)
A crust of bread (A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg
A death song (Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
A death song (Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Howard Swanson
Adown the west a golden glow (At sunset time)
Adown the west a golden glow - Antonio John Lora (At sunset time)
A dream (If life were but a dream, my Love) - Theophil Wendt
Advice (W'en you full o' worry) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Advice (W'en you full o' worry) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
A frolic (Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun')
A frolic (Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun') - Gary Bachlund
A golden day (I found you and I lost you) - Gary Bachlund
Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night (A love song)
Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night - Marques L. A. Garrett (A love song)
A Hymn - After reading "Lead, kindly light." (Lead gently, Lord, and slow) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Ain't it nice to have a mammy (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (Scamp)
A lilt and a swing (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (At the tavern)
A little bird, with plumage brown GER (The sparrow)
A little bird, with plumage brown GER - Robert Owens (The sparrow)
A little dreaming by the way (A little dreaming by the way) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - John Carrington
A little dreaming by the way (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - John Carrington (A little dreaming by the way)
A little dreaming by the way (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (The sum)
A little dreaming by the way (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund (The sum)
All de night long twell de moon goes down (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Twell de night is pas')
All de night long twell de moon goes down (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (Twell de night is pas')
A long by the river of ruin (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (The river of ruin)
A long by the river of ruin (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (The river of ruin)
A love song (Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night)
A love song (Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night) - Marques L. A. Garrett
A madrigal (Dream days of fond delight and hours) (from Majors and Minors)
A madrigal (Dream days of fond delight and hours) (from Majors and Minors) - Ulysses Simpson Kay
An African Love Song (My heart to thy heart) - Harry G. Bull, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin
An angel, robed in spotless white (from Majors and Minors) (Dawn)
An angel, robed in spotless white (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Frederick D. Hall, Richard Thompson (Dawn)
An angel, robed in spotless white (from Majors and Minors) - Franco Leoni (The Birth of Morn)
An ante-bellum sermon (We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs)
An ante-bellum sermon (We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs) - Harry Thacker Burleigh
An Easy Goin' Feller (Ther' ain't no use in all this strife) - Gary Bachlund
A Negro Love Song (Seen my lady home las' night) (from Majors and Minors)
Angelina (When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel)
Angelina (When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel) - Frieda Peycke
An old, worn harp that had been played (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) (The Master-Player)
An old, worn harp that had been played (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Louis Adolphe Coerne (The Master-Player)
A plea (Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
Appreciation (My muvver's ist the nicest one) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Appreciation (My muvver's ist the nicest one) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
A prayer (O Lord, the hard-won miles) (from Majors and Minors)
A prayer (O Lord, the hard-won miles) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
A sailor's song (Oh for the breath of the briny deep)
A sailor's song (Oh for the breath of the briny deep) - Edward Margetson
Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund (Mortality)
A song is but a little thing (The Poet and His Song)
A song is but a little thing - Florence Bea Price (The Poet and His Song)
A song (On a summer's day as I sat by a stream)
A song (On a summer's day as I sat by a stream) - Wynn Leo Boyd
A song (Thou art the soul of a summer's day) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
A song () - Robert Owens [x]
A starry night (A cloud fell down from the heavens) (from Majors and Minors)
A starry night (A cloud fell down from the heavens) (from Majors and Minors) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ulysses Simpson Kay
A summer night (Summah is de lovin' time) (from Howdy Honey Howdy)
A summer night (Summah is de lovin' time) (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - Gary Bachlund
At candle-lightin' time (When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day)
At sunset time (Adown the west a golden glow)
At sunset time (Adown the west a golden glow) - Antonio John Lora
At the tavern (A lilt and a swing) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
A warm day in winter (Sunshine on de medders) (from When Malindy Sings)
A warm day in winter (Sunshine on de medders) (from When Malindy Sings) - Gary Bachlund
Ballad (I know my love is true)
Ballad (I know my love is true) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Because I had loved so deeply (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Compensation)
Because I had loved so deeply (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund, Carson P. Cooman, Robert Di Domenica, Charles Lloyd, jr. (Compensation)
Bedtime 's come fu' little boys (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Lullaby)
Bedtime 's come fu' little boys (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - William Wallace Gilchrist (Southern lullaby)
Beyond the years the answer lies (Beyond the years)
Beyond the years the answer lies - Theophil Wendt (Beyond the years)
Beyond the years (Beyond the years the answer lies)
Beyond the years (Beyond the years the answer lies) - Theophil Wendt
Bird of my lady's bower (Bird of my lady's bower) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life - Two Songs) - David Stanley Smith
Bird of my lady's bower (from Lyrics of Lowly Life - Two Songs) - David Stanley Smith (Bird of my lady's bower)
Bones a-gittin' achy (Chrismus Is A-Comin')
Bones a-gittin' achy - Gary Bachlund (Chrismus Is A-Comin')
Candle-lightin' time (When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Chrismus Is A-Comin' (Bones a-gittin' achy)
Chrismus Is A-Comin' (Bones a-gittin' achy) - Gary Bachlund
Come away to Dreaming Town (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Charles Wakefield Cadman
Come away to dreamin' town (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Charles Wakefield Cadman (Come away to Dreaming Town)
Come away to dreamin' town (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Franklin W. Riker (Dreamin' Town or Mandy Lou)
Come away to dreamin' town (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Dreamin' town)
Come away to dreamin' town (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Ethel Glenn Hier, Florence Bea Price (Dreamin' town)
Come away to dreamin' town (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Frederick D. Hall (Mandy Lou)
Come when the nights are bright with stars (from Majors and Minors) (Invitation to Love)
Come when the nights are bright with stars (from Majors and Minors) - Granville English , Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork, Theophil Wendt (Invitation to Love)
Compensation (Because I had loved so deeply) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Compensation (Because I had loved so deeply) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund, Carson P. Cooman, Robert Di Domenica, Charles Lloyd, jr.
Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning (To the Road!)
Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning - H. Leslie Adams (To the Road!)
Creed and not a creed (I am no priest of crooks nor creeds) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund
Dawn (An angel, robed in spotless white) (from Majors and Minors)
Dawn (An angel, robed in spotless white) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Frederick D. Hall, Richard Thompson
Day (The gray dawn on the mountain top) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Day (The gray dawn on the mountain top) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund, Henry Dixon Cowell
Death (Storm and strife and stress) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Will Marion Cook (My lady)
De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Parted)
De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Fay Foster (Sol' down de stream)
Der Sperling (Ein Vöglein klein mit braun' Gefieder)
Der Sperling (Ein Vöglein klein mit braun' Gefieder) - Gary Bachlund
De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow (Winter's approach)
De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow - William Grant Still (Winter's approach)
Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Trouble in de kitchen)
Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (Trouble in de kitchen)
Dis is gospel weathah, sho' - Gary Bachlund (Song of Summer)
Do' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' thoo (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (Howdy, honey, howdy)
Down de Lover's Lane (Summah night an' sighin' breeze) - Will Marion Cook
Dream days of fond delight and hours (from Majors and Minors) (A madrigal)
Dream days of fond delight and hours (from Majors and Minors) - Ulysses Simpson Kay (A madrigal)
Dreamin' Town or Mandy Lou (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Franklin W. Riker
Dreamin' town (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Dreamin' town (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Ethel Glenn Hier, Florence Bea Price
Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me (from Howdy Honey Howdy) (Possum)
Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - Gary Bachlund (Possum)
Ein Vöglein klein mit braun' Gefieder (Der Sperling)
Ein Vöglein klein mit braun' Gefieder - Gary Bachlund (Der Sperling)
Encouragement (Who dat knockin' at de do'?) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
Enthroned upon the mighty truth (Justice)
Enthroned upon the mighty truth - Gary Bachlund (Justice)
Evening (The moon begins her stately ride)
Evening (The moon begins her stately ride) - Henry Dixon Cowell
Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits (from Howdy Honey Howdy) (Accountability)
Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - Gary Bachlund (Accountability)
Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold (from Joggin' Erlong) (The real question)
Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold (from Joggin' Erlong) - Gary Bachlund (The real question)
Forever (I had not known before) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down (from When Malindy Sings) (Itching heels)
Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down (from When Malindy Sings) - Gary Bachlund, C. Koerner (Itching heels)
Good-Night (The lark is silent in his nest) (from Majors and Minors)
Good-Night (The lark is silent in his nest) (from Majors and Minors) - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork, N. Clark Smith
Grass commence a-comin' (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (Spring fever)
Grass commence a-comin' (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - C. Koerner (Spring fever)
Growing gray (Hello, ole man, you're a-gittin' gray) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund
Heel and toe, heel and toe (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (The dance)
He had his dream, and all through life - Gary Bachlund (He had his dream)
He had his dream (He had his dream, and all through life) - Gary Bachlund
Hello, ole man, you're a-gittin' gray (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund (Growing gray)
Howdy, honey, howdy (Do' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' thoo) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own? (How shall I woo thee)
How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own? - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (How shall I woo thee)
How shall I woo thee (How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?)
How shall I woo thee (How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Hymn (O li'l' lamb out in de col') (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
I am no priest of crooks nor creeds (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund (Creed and not a creed)
I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night - Gary Bachlund (Philosophy)
I did not know that life could be so sweet (The Awakening)
I did not know that life could be so sweet - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (The Awakening)
If life were but a dream, my Love - Theophil Wendt (A dream)
If life were but a dream, my Love (If)
If life were but a dream, my Love - Robert Owens (If)
I found you and I lost you - Gary Bachlund (A golden day)
If you could sit with me beside the sea to–day (Longing)
If you could sit with me beside the sea to–day - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (Longing)
If (If life were but a dream, my Love)
If (If life were but a dream, my Love) - Robert Owens
I had not known before (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (Forever)
I have seen peoples come and go (from Majors and Minors) (Old)
I have seen peoples come and go (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund (Old)
I know a man/ with face of tan
I know a man - Gary Bachlund (The Sand-Man)
I know my love is true (Ballad)
I know my love is true - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Ballad)
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Ronald A. Beckett (I know what the caged bird feels)
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Sympathy)
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Florence Bea Price, Richard Thompson (Sympathy)
I know what the caged bird feels (I know what the caged bird feels, alas!) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Ronald A. Beckett
I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt (Lager beer)
I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt - Gary Bachlund (Lager beer )
In May (Oh to have you in May) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
In May (Oh to have you in May) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Alice Barnett
Invitation to Love (Come when the nights are bright with stars) (from Majors and Minors)
Invitation to Love (Come when the nights are bright with stars) (from Majors and Minors) - Granville English , Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork, Theophil Wendt
I 's boun' to see my gal to-night (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (On the road)
I 's boun' to see my gal to-night (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Mark Andrews (On the road)
Itching heels (Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down) (from When Malindy Sings)
Itching heels (Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down) (from When Malindy Sings) - Gary Bachlund, C. Koerner
It is as if a silver chord (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (To a dead friend)
I 've been list'nin' to them lawyers (The Lawyers' Way)
I 've been list'nin' to them lawyers - Gary Bachlund (The Lawyers' Way)
Jump back, honey, jump back (Seen my lady home las' night) (from Majors and Minors) - William Levi Dawson
Justice (Enthroned upon the mighty truth)
Justice (Enthroned upon the mighty truth) - Gary Bachlund
Lager beer (I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt)
Lager beer (I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt) - Gary Bachlund
Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (A death song)
Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Howard Swanson (A death song)
Lead gently, Lord, and slow (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (A Hymn - After reading "Lead, kindly light.")
Lead gently, Lord, and slow (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Wynn Leo Boyd (Lead gently, Lord)
Lead gently, Lord (Lead gently, Lord, and slow) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Wynn Leo Boyd
Life (A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life)
Life (A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Gary Bachlund, Herbert Haufrecht, Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter
Li'l' Gal (Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
Li'l' Gal (Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Leslie Adams
Litl' Gal (Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - John Rosamond Johnson
Longing (If you could sit with me beside the sea to–day)
Longing (If you could sit with me beside the sea to–day) - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork
Love hath the wings of the butterfly (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Love's phases)
Love hath the wings of the butterfly (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Wynn Leo Boyd (Love's phases)
Love is the light of the world, my dear (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter - Lyrics of Love and Sorrow) - Arthur Bergh (Love is the light of the world)
Love is the light of the world (Love is the light of the world, my dear) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter - Lyrics of Love and Sorrow) - Arthur Bergh
Love me. I care not what the circling years (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Love's apotheosis)
Love me. I care not what the circling years (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Richard Thompson (Love's apotheosis)
Love me. I care not what the circling years (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Wynn Leo Boyd (Love's exaltation)
Love Memory (Thou art the soul of a summer's day) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - H. Leslie Adams
Love Response (When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Leslie Adams
Lover's lane (Summah night an' sighin' breeze)
Love's apotheosis (Love me. I care not what the circling years) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Love's apotheosis (Love me. I care not what the circling years) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Richard Thompson
Love's exaltation (Love me. I care not what the circling years) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Wynn Leo Boyd
Love's phases (Love hath the wings of the butterfly) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Love's phases (Love hath the wings of the butterfly) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Wynn Leo Boyd
Lullaby (Bedtime 's come fu' little boys) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Lullaby (Sing me, sweet, a soothing psalm) - Gary Bachlund
Mandy Lou (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Frederick D. Hall
Morning (The mist has left the greening plain)
Morning (The mist has left the greening plain) - Henry Dixon Cowell
Mortality (Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund
My heart to thy heart, my hand to thine (Song)
My heart to thy heart - Harry G. Bull, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (An African Love Song)
My Heart to Thy Heart (My heart to thy heart) - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork
My heart to thy heart - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (My Heart to Thy Heart)
My heart to thy heart (Song)
My lady (De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Will Marion Cook
My muvver's ist the nicest one (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Appreciation)
My muvver's ist the nicest one (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (Appreciation)
My star (Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Henry Kimball Hadley
Night (Silence, and whirling worlds afar)
Night (Silence, and whirling worlds afar) - Henry Dixon Cowell
Noddin' by the fire (Some folks t'inks hit 's right an' p'opah) (from When Malindy Sings) - Gary Bachlund
Not they who soar, but they who plod (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund (Not they who soar)
Not they who soar (Not they who soar, but they who plod) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund
Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Gary Bachlund (A Banjo Song)
Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (Li'l' Gal)
Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Leslie Adams (Li'l' Gal)
Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - John Rosamond Johnson (Litl' Gal)
Oh for the breath of the briny deep (A sailor's song)
Oh for the breath of the briny deep - Edward Margetson (A sailor's song)
Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love (One life)
Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love - Richard Thompson (One life)
Oh to have you in May (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (In May)
Oh to have you in May (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Alice Barnett (In May)
Old (I have seen peoples come and go) (from Majors and Minors)
Old (I have seen peoples come and go) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund
O li'l' lamb out in de col' (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Hymn)
O li'l' lamb out in de col' (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Herbert Haufrecht (O li'l lamb)
O li'l lamb (O li'l' lamb out in de col') (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Herbert Haufrecht
O Lord, the hard-won miles (from Majors and Minors) (A prayer)
O Lord, the hard-won miles (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (A prayer)
O Lord, the hard-won miles (O Lord, the hard-won miles) (from Majors and Minors) - Robert Nathaniel Dett
O Lord, the hard-won miles (from Majors and Minors) - Robert Nathaniel Dett (O Lord, the hard-won miles )
O Lord, the hard-won miles (from Majors and Minors) - Matthew Emery (Where healing waters flow)
On a summer's day as I sat by a stream (A song)
On a summer's day as I sat by a stream - Wynn Leo Boyd (A song)
One life (Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love)
One life (Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love) - Richard Thompson
On the road (I 's boun' to see my gal to-night) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
On the road (I 's boun' to see my gal to-night) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Mark Andrews
On the wide veranda white (from Majors and Minors) (A corn-song)
On the wide veranda white (from Majors and Minors) - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (A corn-song)
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing - Jake Heggie (Prologue: Ships that pass in the night)
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing (Ships that pass in the night)
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Henry Kimball Hadley (My star)
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (Over the hills)
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Marion Eugénie Bauer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Over the hills)
Over the hills (Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Over the hills (Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Marion Eugénie Bauer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Parted (De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Parted (She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies)
Parted (She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies) - William Grant Still
Philosophy (I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night) - Gary Bachlund
Possum (Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me) (from Howdy Honey Howdy)
Possum (Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me) (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - Gary Bachlund
Prologue: Ships that pass in the night (Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing) - Jake Heggie
Response (When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
Response (When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - George Theophilus Walker
Riding to town (When labor is light and the morning is fair)
Riding to town (When labor is light and the morning is fair) - Herbert Haufrecht, Thomas H. Kerr, jr.
Scamp (Ain't it nice to have a mammy) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
Seen my lady home las' night (from Majors and Minors) (A Negro Love Song)
Seen my lady home las' night (from Majors and Minors) - William Levi Dawson (Jump back, honey, jump back)
Seen my lady home las' night (Seen my lady home las' night) (from Majors and Minors) - James Gilroth
Seen my lady home las' night (from Majors and Minors) - James Gilroth (Seen my lady home las' night)
She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies (Parted)
She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies - William Grant Still (Parted)
Ships that pass in the night (Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing)
Silence, and whirling worlds afar (Night)
Silence, and whirling worlds afar - Henry Dixon Cowell (Night)
Silence ('T is better to sit here beside the sea) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
Silence ('T is better to sit here beside the sea) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund, Carson P. Cooman
Sing me, sweet, a soothing psalm - Gary Bachlund (Lullaby)
Sling along, sling along, sling along (from Joggin' Erlong) (Sling Along)
Sling along, sling along, sling along (from Joggin' Erlong) - Gary Bachlund (Sling Along)
Sling Along (Sling along, sling along, sling along) (from Joggin' Erlong)
Sling Along (Sling along, sling along, sling along) (from Joggin' Erlong) - Gary Bachlund
Slow de night's a-fallin' (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (Whip-Poor-Will and Katy-Did)
Slumber song (The lark is silent in his nest) (from Majors and Minors) - Wynn Leo Boyd
Sol' down de stream (De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Fay Foster
Some folks t'inks hit 's right an' p'opah (from When Malindy Sings) - Gary Bachlund (Noddin' by the fire)
Song of Summer (Dis is gospel weathah, sho') - Gary Bachlund
Song (My heart to thy heart)
Southern lullaby (Bedtime 's come fu' little boys) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - William Wallace Gilchrist
Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f (Who dat knockin' at de do'?) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Henry S. Sawyer
Spring fever (Grass commence a-comin') (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
Spring fever (Grass commence a-comin') (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - C. Koerner
Storm and strife and stress (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund (Death)
Summah is de lovin' time (from Howdy Honey Howdy) (A summer night)
Summah is de lovin' time (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - Gary Bachlund (A summer night)
Summah night an' sighin' breeze - Will Marion Cook (Down de Lover's Lane)
Summah night an' sighin' breeze (Lover's lane)
Sunshine on de medders (from When Malindy Sings) (A warm day in winter)
Sunshine on de medders (from When Malindy Sings) - Gary Bachlund (A warm day in winter)
Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun' (A frolic)
Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun' - Gary Bachlund (A frolic)
Sympathy (I know what the caged bird feels, alas!) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
Sympathy (I know what the caged bird feels, alas!) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Florence Bea Price, Richard Thompson
Sympathy (The tear another's tears bring forth) (from Oak and Ivy)
The Awakening (I did not know that life could be so sweet)
The Awakening (I did not know that life could be so sweet) - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork
The Birth of Morn (An angel, robed in spotless white) (from Majors and Minors) - Franco Leoni
The Boogah Man (W'en de evenin' shadders)
The Boogah Man (W'en de evenin' shadders) - Mary Jordan Lea
The dance (Heel and toe, heel and toe) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
The gray dawn on the mountain top (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Day)
The gray dawn on the mountain top (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund, Henry Dixon Cowell (Day)
The lake's dark breast is all unrest (The rising of the storm)
The lake's dark breast (The rising of the storm)
The lake's dark breast - David Stanley Smith (The rising of the storm)
The lark is silent in his nest (from Majors and Minors) (Good-Night)
The lark is silent in his nest (from Majors and Minors) - Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork, N. Clark Smith (Good-Night)
The lark is silent in his nest (from Majors and Minors) - Wynn Leo Boyd (Slumber song)
The Lawyers' Way (I 've been list'nin' to them lawyers)
The Lawyers' Way (I 've been list'nin' to them lawyers) - Gary Bachlund
The mask (We wear the mask that grins and lies) - Trevor Weston GER
The Master-Player (An old, worn harp that had been played) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life)
The Master-Player (An old, worn harp that had been played) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - Louis Adolphe Coerne
The mist has left the greening plain (Morning)
The mist has left the greening plain - Henry Dixon Cowell (Morning)
The moon begins her stately ride (Evening)
The moon begins her stately ride - Henry Dixon Cowell (Evening)
The news (Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me?) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
The news (Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me?) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund
Theology (There is a heaven, for ever, day by day)
Theology (There is a heaven, for ever, day by day) - Gary Bachlund, Carson P. Cooman
The Poet and His Song (A song is but a little thing)
The Poet and His Song (A song is but a little thing) - Florence Bea Price
Ther' ain't no use in all this strife - Gary Bachlund (An Easy Goin' Feller)
The real question (Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold) (from Joggin' Erlong)
The real question (Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold) (from Joggin' Erlong) - Gary Bachlund
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day (Theology)
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day - Gary Bachlund, Carson P. Cooman (Theology)
The rising of the storm (The lake's dark breast)
The rising of the storm (The lake's dark breast) - David Stanley Smith
The river of ruin (A long by the river of ruin) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
The river of ruin (A long by the river of ruin) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
The Sand-Man (I know a man) - Gary Bachlund
The secret (What says the wind to the waving trees?)
The secret (What says the wind to the waving trees?) - Robert Owens
The sparrow (A little bird, with plumage brown) GER
The sparrow (A little bird, with plumage brown) - Robert Owens GER
The sum (A little dreaming by the way) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
The sum (A little dreaming by the way) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund
The tear another's tears bring forth (from Oak and Ivy) (Sympathy)
The valse (When to sweet music my lady is dancing) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
The valse (When to sweet music my lady is dancing) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - C. Koerner
Thou art the soul of a summer's day (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (A song)
Thou art the soul of a summer's day (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - H. Leslie Adams (Love Memory)
Thou art the soul of a summer's day (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Ernest R. Ball (Who knows?)
'T is better to sit here beside the sea (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (Silence)
'T is better to sit here beside the sea (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund, Carson P. Cooman (Silence)
'Tis fine to play (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (A boy's summer song)
To a dead friend (It is as if a silver chord) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
To the Road! (Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning)
To the Road! (Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning) - H. Leslie Adams
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (A plea)
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - John Alden Carpenter (Treat me nice)
Treat me nice (Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - John Alden Carpenter
Trouble in de kitchen (Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Trouble in de kitchen (Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
Twell de night is pas' (All de night long twell de moon goes down) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
Twell de night is pas' (All de night long twell de moon goes down) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund
Vengeance is sweet (When I was young I longed for Love) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs (An ante-bellum sermon)
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs - Harry Thacker Burleigh (An ante-bellum sermon)
W'en de evenin' shadders (The Boogah Man)
W'en de evenin' shadders - Mary Jordan Lea (The Boogah Man)
W'en us fellers stomp around, makin' lots o' noise - Gary Bachlund (When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked)
W'en you full o' worry (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) (Advice)
W'en you full o' worry (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Gary Bachlund (Advice)
We wear the mask that grins and lies GER - Trevor Weston (The mask)
We wear the mask that grins and lies GER (We wear the mask)
We wear the mask that grins and lies GER - Gary Bachlund, Richard Thompson (We wear the mask)
We wear the mask (We wear the mask that grins and lies) GER
We wear the mask (We wear the mask that grins and lies) - Gary Bachlund, Richard Thompson GER
What says the wind to the waving trees? (The secret)
What says the wind to the waving trees? - Robert Owens (The secret )
What's the use o' folks a-frownin' (What's the use?)
What's the use o' folks a-frownin' - Gary Bachlund, Florence Bea Price (What's the use?)
What's the use? (What's the use o' folks a-frownin')
What's the use? (What's the use o' folks a-frownin') - Gary Bachlund, Florence Bea Price
When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked (W'en us fellers stomp around, makin' lots o' noise) - Gary Bachlund
When all is done, and my last word is said (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (When all is done)
When all is done, and my last word is said (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Wynn Leo Boyd (When all is done)
When all is done (When all is done, and my last word is said) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
When all is done (When all is done, and my last word is said) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund, Wynn Leo Boyd
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel (Angelina)
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel - Frieda Peycke (Angelina)
When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day (At candle-lightin' time)
When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Candle-lightin' time)
When I was young I longed for Love (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund (Vengeance is sweet)
When labor is light and the morning is fair (Riding to town)
When labor is light and the morning is fair - Herbert Haufrecht, Thomas H. Kerr, jr. (Riding to town)
When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Leslie Adams (Love Response)
When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (Response)
When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - George Theophilus Walker (Response)
When to sweet music my lady is dancing (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (The valse)
When to sweet music my lady is dancing (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - C. Koerner (The valse)
Where healing waters flow (O Lord, the hard-won miles) (from Majors and Minors) - Matthew Emery
Whip-Poor-Will and Katy-Did (Slow de night's a-fallin') (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Gary Bachlund
Who dat knockin' at de do'? (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) (Encouragement)
Who dat knockin' at de do'? (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - Henry S. Sawyer (Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f)
Who knows? (Thou art the soul of a summer's day) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - Ernest R. Ball
Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me? (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) (The news)
Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me? (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - Gary Bachlund (The news)
Why fades a dream? (Why fades a dream?) (from Majors and Minors)
Why fades a dream? (Why fades a dream?) (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund, Wynn Leo Boyd, Marie F. Busch
Why fades a dream? (from Majors and Minors) (Why fades a dream?)
Why fades a dream? (from Majors and Minors) - Gary Bachlund, Wynn Leo Boyd, Marie F. Busch (Why fades a dream?)
Winter's approach (De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow)
Winter's approach (De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow) - William Grant Still

Last update: 2020-04-16 00:40:22

Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)

Pffenberger Deutzelheim [pseudonym]

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