<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dely</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jes' lak toddy wahms you thoo'<br>Sets yo' haid a reelin',<br>Meks you ovah good and new,<br>Dat 's de way I 's feelin'.<br>Seems to me hit 's summah time,<br>Dough hit 's wintah reely,<br>I 's a feelin' jes' dat prime--<br>An' huh name is Dely.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dis hyeah love 's a cu'rus thing,<br>Changes 'roun' de season,<br>Meks you sad or meks you sing,<br>'Dout no urfly reason.<br>Sometimes I go mopin' 'roun',<br>Den agin I 's leapin';<br>Sperits allus up an' down<br>Even when I 's sleepin'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fu' de dreams comes to me den,<br>An' dey keeps me pitchin',<br>Lak de apple dumplin's w'en<br>Bilin' in de kitchen.<br>Some one sot to do me hahm,<br>Tryin' to ovahcome me,<br>Ketchin' Dely by de ahm<br>So 's to tek huh f'om me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mon, you bettah b'lieve I fights<br>(Dough hit's on'y seemin');<br>I's a hittin' fu' my rights<br>Even w'en I 's dreamin'.<br>But I 'd let you have 'em all,<br>Give 'em to you freely,<br>Good an' bad ones, great an' small,<br>So 's you leave me Dely.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dely got dem meltin' eyes,<br>Big an' black an' tendah.<br>Dely jes' a lady-size,<br>Delikit an' slendah.<br>Dely brown ez brown kin be<br>An' huh haih is curly;<br>Oh, she look so sweet to me,--<br>Bless de precious girlie!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dely brown ez brown kin be,<br>She ain' no mullatter;<br>She pure cullud,--don' you see<br>Dat 's jes' whut 's de mattah?<br>Dat 's de why I love huh so,<br>D' ain't no mix about huh,<br>Soon 's you see huh face you know<br>D' ain't no chanst to doubt huh.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Folks dey go to chu'ch an' pray<br>So 's to git a blessin'.<br>Oomph, dey bettah come my way,<br>Dey could lu'n a lesson.<br>Sabbaf day I don' go fu',<br>Jes' to see my pigeon;<br>I jes' sets an' looks at huh,<br>Dat's enuff 'uligion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Laurence+Dunbar">Paul Laurence Dunbar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477651" data-title="Dely de Paul Laurence Dunbar" data-description="Jes' lak toddy wahms you thoo' Sets yo' haid a reelin', Meks you ovah good and new, Dat 's de way I 's feelin'. Seems to me hit 's summah time, Dough hit 's wintah reely, I 's a feelin' jes' dat prime-- An' huh name is Dely. Dis hyeah love 's a c..."></div> </div> </div>

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