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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477954" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>When dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall;<br>But I listened kin' o' keerless, not a-t'inkin' 'bout it all;<br>An' on Sunday, too, I noticed, dey was whisp' rin' mighty much<br>Stan'in' all erroun' de roadside w'en dey let us out o' chu'ch.<br>But I did n't t'ink erbout it 'twell de middle of de week,<br>An' my 'Lias come to see me, an' somehow he could n't speak.<br>Den I seed all in a minute whut he'd come to see me for; -<br>Dey had 'listed colo'ed sojers an' my 'Lias gwine to wah.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, I hugged him, an' I kissed him, an' I baiged him not to go;<br>But he tol' me dat his conscience, hit was callin' to him so,<br>An' he could n't baih to lingah w'en he had a chanst to fight<br>For de freedom dey had gin him an' de glory of de right.<br>So he kissed me, an' he lef' me, w'en I'd p'omised to be true;<br>An' dey put a knapsack on him, an' a coat all colo'ed blue.<br>So I gin him pap's ol' Bible f'om de bottom of de draw', -<br>W'en dey 'listed colo'ed sojers an' my 'Lias went to wah.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I t'ought of all de weary miles dat he would have to tramp,<br>An' I could n't be contented w'en dey tuk him to de camp.<br>W'y my hea't nigh broke wid grievin' 'twell I seed him on de street;<br>Den I felt lak I could go an' th'ow my body at his feet.<br>For his buttons was a-shinin', an' his face was shinin', too,<br>An' he looked so strong an' mighty in his coat o' sojer blue,<br>Dat I hollahed, 'Step up, manny,' dough my th'oat was so' an' raw, -<br>W'en dey 'listed colo'ed sojers an' my 'Lias went to wah.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ol' Mis' cried w'en mastah lef' huh, young Miss mou'ned huh brothah Ned,<br>An' I did n't know dey feelin's is de ve'y wo'ds dey said<br>W'en I tol' 'em I was so'y. Dey had done gin up dey all;<br>But dey only seemed mo' proudah dat dey men had hyeahed de call.<br>Bofe my mastahs went in gray suits, an' I loved de Yankee blue,<br>But I t'ought dat I could sorrer for de losin' of 'em too;<br>But I could n't, for I did n't know de ha'f o' whut I saw,<br>'Twell dey 'listed colo'ed sojers an' my 'Lias went to wah.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mastah Jack come home all sickly; he was broke for life, dey said;<br>An' dey lef' my po' young mastah some'r's on de roadside, - dead.<br>W'en de women cried an' mou'ned 'em, I could feel it thoo an' thoo,<br>For I had a loved un fightin' in de way o' dangah, too.<br>Den dey tol' me dey had laid him some'r's way down souf to res',<br>Wid de flag dat he had fit for shinin' daih acrost his breas'.<br>Well, I cried, but den I reckon dat 's whut Gawd had called him for,<br>W'en dey 'listed colo'ed sojers an' my 'Lias went to wah.</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>
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But I listened kin' o' keerless, not a-t'inkin' 'bout it all;
An' on Sunday, too, I noticed, dey was whisp' rin' mighty much
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