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Show uu IN THE FOL1 De ol' cohn stalks is a-shakin In de win', An' de daid leaves Is flyin' thoo de do': An' I know hit's gittin' coldah. foh de spidah's comln' In, Seekin' w-ahmah wlntah uuahtahs in de flo'; O good Lawd wap up tight mah li'l babe asleep. An' hoi' him up clost 'ginst yo' I breast, Foh be so pow ful li'l you-all sut- ' tlnly'll keep Him a teeny we mil neardah'n de res'. , Dc win' hit go a-bellerin' an' sobbln' doun de bill. An' de scrub-oaks is tossin' as hit go: An' the heaht o' mah soul Is a achin' fit to kill. Kase I hain't got no baby -Iamb no mo' : O whah's de li'l haid i;seter piller on mah ahm. When dem po' 111 fingahs claspin' tight" 0 lawd. let him hoi' to you an' keep 1 him safe 'n' wahm,4 Foh I'l feahed mah chile git lonesome lone-some in de night. Don' you tell mah li'l baby how 1 sits n' grieves foh him Oh he'd sho' wanted toddle home to me, An' snuggle up to mammy In de eve-nln' eve-nln' shadders dim, Whah lilt's col' an' a hungry as kin he: Fih f I should see him standin' whah de moonlight hits de flo', Wif dem po' 11 1 cve6 shlnin' bright. 1 jes' couldn't he p hit, Lawd, I'd hae to hoi him so An keen him home f m Hebben 'n' de light i You'l a -sheltering li'l baby neaf de shadder of his wings, You'l asleep li'l lamb on his breas'. An dc-y haln t no song so holy as de Guarding Angel sings. Wen he lulls tired eyes to dey res' : An' dey hain't no heaht so tender as his who heerd you cry In de fevah. d pain an' de col. An' dev hain't no lamb so lowlv or so spent wlf misery Dat dr- shi pherd kaln't fin' room foh In de fol" -oo . |