Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Morning
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The mist has left the greening plain,"
"The mist has left the greening plain,"
"De sun hit shine an’ de win’ hit blow,"
"Oh the breeze is blowin’ balmy"
"The trees bend down along the stream,"
The speaker calls someone back from his journeying.
A short story about five kernels of corn growing in the Farmer Lane. The author uses this as a religious metaphor.
"Oh, I des received a letter f’om de sweetest little gal;"
"Good hunting!—aye, good hunting,"
"Come away to dreamin’ town,"
"Adown the west a golden glow"
"As a quiet little seedling"
"The wind is out in its rage to–night,"
"W’en you full o’ worry"
"De dog go howlin’ ‘long de road,"
"My muvver’s ist the nicest one"
"Not to the midnight of the gloomy past,"
"Cover him over with daisies white"
"Sweetest of the flowers a–blooming"
"Oh, the little bird is rocking in the cradle of the wind,"
"Ef you’s only got de powah fe’ to blow a little whistle,"
"Standin’ at de winder,"
"These are the days of elfs and fays:"
"Step wid de banjo an’ glide wid de fiddle,"
Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow meet the Cowardly Lion. He joins them on their quest to find the Wizard of Oz.
"There’s a fabulous story, Full of splendor and glory"