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DINA.
De t'ings aint right sence Dina's gone;
De birds don't twitter half so loud;
De brook don't babble half so sweet,
And chil'en don't around me crowd.
De birds don't twitter half so loud;
De brook don't babble half so sweet,
And chil'en don't around me crowd.
De schoolboys don't look up to see
Her standin' in de do'way wide.
Dey look so sad when dey pass by,
Fo' she am gone wid deaf's sad tide.
Her standin' in de do'way wide.
Dey look so sad when dey pass by,
Fo' she am gone wid deaf's sad tide.
Her songs don't circle from de do'
Out on de still, warm eb'nin' air;
Her place am empty at our board,
And t'ings don't shine in cleanly glare.
Out on de still, warm eb'nin' air;
Her place am empty at our board,
And t'ings don't shine in cleanly glare.
De day am dull and all am cold,
And life's no mo' wid happy charm,
De grate don't seem so warm and bright,
As when befo' she lef' de farm.
And life's no mo' wid happy charm,
De grate don't seem so warm and bright,
As when befo' she lef' de farm.
Fo' far in Heaben Dina am,
Amongst de angels bright and gay;
No mo' amongst dis life's sad care
Will we togedder kneel and pray.
Amongst de angels bright and gay;
No mo' amongst dis life's sad care
Will we togedder kneel and pray.
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Beyond dose pearly gates am she,
Among de streets all paved wid gold;
No mo' to stan' on auction block,
No mo' a slabe to e'er be sold.
Among de streets all paved wid gold;
No mo' to stan' on auction block,
No mo' a slabe to e'er be sold.
Yes, some bright day I'll go to her,
Far in dat happy lan' on high.
We'll meet beside de silber stream
Dat runs up dar far in de sky.
Far in dat happy lan' on high.
We'll meet beside de silber stream
Dat runs up dar far in de sky.
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