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WHEN DE SUN SHINES HOT.
Yo' may talk erbout de snowflakes,
An' de pleasen' winter breeze;
Ub de pledjurs foun' in skeetin',
When de ice begins to freeze;
Ub de 'joyments ub de winter,
Dat yo' think a happy lot—
But gib to me de summer,
When de sun shines hot.
An' de pleasen' winter breeze;
Ub de pledjurs foun' in skeetin',
When de ice begins to freeze;
Ub de 'joyments ub de winter,
Dat yo' think a happy lot—
But gib to me de summer,
When de sun shines hot.
Dis shiv'rin' an' a-freezin'
Will nebber do fur me,
Fur when de win's a-blowin'
I'ze miz'ble ez kin be.
An' jes' erbout November
I draws up in er knot,
An' don' begin ter straightin'
'Tell de sun shines hot.
Will nebber do fur me,
Fur when de win's a-blowin'
I'ze miz'ble ez kin be.
An' jes' erbout November
I draws up in er knot,
An' don' begin ter straightin'
'Tell de sun shines hot.
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But 'long wid frogs an' lizzuds,
When de sun kums out,
My bones begin er thawin',
An' I'm ready fur to shout.
Fur de happy thoughts ub summer
Makes me feel all right,
Fur de wadermillun's kumin'
When de sun shines bright.
When de sun kums out,
My bones begin er thawin',
An' I'm ready fur to shout.
Fur de happy thoughts ub summer
Makes me feel all right,
Fur de wadermillun's kumin'
When de sun shines bright.
Maybe wuck's gittin' skace,
An' de meal bag low;
But I nebber feels de trouble
Ef it is erbout to go,
Fur de good times 's on us,
An' I 'joys my lot,
'Cause de wadermillun's kumin'
When de sun shines hot.
An' de meal bag low;
But I nebber feels de trouble
Ef it is erbout to go,
Fur de good times 's on us,
An' I 'joys my lot,
'Cause de wadermillun's kumin'
When de sun shines hot.
Den lemme 'lone, hunny;
Don' 'sturb dis dream,
Ez I set here a-dozin',
De field's gittin' green,
An' I don' kheer, my hunny,
Ef I gits wuck or not,
Fur de wadermillun's kumin',
When de sun shines hot.
Don' 'sturb dis dream,
Ez I set here a-dozin',
De field's gittin' green,
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Ef I gits wuck or not,
Fur de wadermillun's kumin',
When de sun shines hot.
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