<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477834" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Colored Band</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'EN de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street,<br>Don't you people stan' daih starin'; lif' yo' feet!<br>Ain't dey playin'? Hip, hooray!<br>Stir yo' stumps an' cleah de way,<br>Fu' de music dat dey mekin' can't be beat.<br>Oh, de major man's a-swingin' of his stick,<br>An' de pickaninnies crowdin' roun' him thick;<br>In his go'geous uniform,<br>He's de lightnin' of de sto'm,<br>An' de little clouds erroun' look mighty slick.<br>You kin hyeah a fine perfo'mance w'en de white ban's serenade,<br>An' dey play dey high-toned music mighty sweet,<br>But hit's Sousa played in rag-time, an' hit's Rastus'on Parade,<br>W'en de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street.<br>W'en de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street<br>You kin hyeah de ladies all erroun' repeat:<br>'Ain't dey handsome? Ain't dey gran'?<br>Ain't dey splendid? Goodness, lan'!<br>W'y dey's pu'fect f'om dey fo'heads to dey feet!'<br>An' sich steppin' to de music down de line,<br>'T ain't de music by itself dat meks it fine,<br>Hit's de walkin', step by step,<br>An' de keepin' time wid 'Hep,'<br>Dat it mek a common ditty soun' divine.<br>Oh, de white ban' play hits music, an' hit's mighty good to hyeah,<br>An' it sometimes leaves a ticklin' in yo' feet;<br>But de hea't goes into bus'ness fu' to he'p erlong de eah,<br>W'en de colo'ed ban' goes marchin' down de street.</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=477834" data-title="The Colored Band de Paul Laurence Dunbar" data-description="W'EN de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street, Don't you people stan' daih starin'; lif' yo' feet! Ain't dey playin'? Hip, hooray! Stir yo' stumps an' cleah de way, Fu' de music dat dey mekin' can't be beat. Oh, de major man's a-swingin' of h..."></div> </div> </div>

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