Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Keep a Song Up on de Way
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Oh, de clouds is mighty heavy"
"Oh, de clouds is mighty heavy"
She sang, and I listened the whole song thro’.
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
A poem about the bond of friendship.
"A song is but a little thing,"
A poem about blackbirds that get baked in a pie.
Thou art my life, by thee I live,
"Because I had loved so deeply,"
"A blue–bell springs upon the ledge,"
The poet wonders about the wind.
Oh, summer has clothed the earth
"The little bird sits in the nest and sings"
The Elmers talk to a superstitious captain. He talks about the death of a captain.
The Whip-Poor-Will sings a sad song throughout the night.
"At the golden gate of song"
This poem relays the feelings of what might have been and mistakes made in the past (in rhyme scheme).
"An old, worn harp that had been played"
"Oh, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,"
"Your spoken words are roses fine and sweet,"
A man who loved the Nightingale’s song set a trap for it and captured it. Since nightingales never sing in cages the man decided to eat it. The Nightingale bargained not to be eaten and to be set free. In return he would tell the man 3 things far bettter than eating him.
"The November sun invites me,"
"Wintah, summah, snow er shine,"
"‘Tis fine to play, In the fragrant hay,"
A sing-song poem that focuses on three sisters dancing and then two mourning for the third.
"If Death should claim me for her own to–day,"