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Lyrics of Love and Laughter

But de heat it meks ain't wa'min' up de gray clouds in de sky.
Now an'den I des peep outside, den I hurries to de do',
Lawd a mussy on my body, how I wish it wouldn't snow!

I kin stan' de hottes' summah, I kin stan' de wettes' fall, 
I kin stan' de chilly springtime in de plough-land, but dat's all;
Fu'de ve'y hottes' fiah nevah tells my skin a t'ing
W'en de snow commence a-flyin', an' de win' begin to sing.
Dey is plenty wood erroun'us, an' I chop an' tote it in,
But de t'oughts dat I's a t'inkin' while I's wo'kin' is a sin.
I kin keep f'om downright swahin' all de time I's on de go, 
But my hea't is the full o' cuss-wo'ds w'en I's trampin' thoo de snow.
 
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