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Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

Pffenberger Deutzelheim [pseudonym]

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

Howdy Honey Howdy
Joggin' Erlong
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Lyrics of Lowly Life
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Lyrics of the Hearthside
Majors and Minors
Oak and Ivy
When Malindy Sings

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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A Banjo Song (Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - G. Bachlund
A cloud fell down from the heavens (from Majors and Minors)
S. Coleridge-Taylor, U. Kay: A starry night

A corn-song (On the wide veranda white) (from Majors and Minors) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
A crust of bread (A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - J. Berger
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in (from Lyrics of Lowly Life)
H. Haufrecht, M. Salter, G. Bachlund: Life
J. Berger: A crust of bread

A death song (Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - H. Swanson
A dream (If life were but a dream, my Love ) - T. Wendt
A frolic (Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun' ) - G. Bachlund
A golden day (I found you and I lost you) - G. Bachlund
A Hymn - After reading "Lead, kindly light." (Lead gently, Lord, and slow) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
G. Bachlund: Lead gently, lord
W. Boyd: Lead gently, Lord

A little bird, with plumage brown
R. Owens: The sparrow

A little dreaming by the way (A little dreaming by the way) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - J. Carrington
A little dreaming by the way (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
G. Bachlund: The sum
J. Carrington: A little dreaming by the way

A long by the river of ruin (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
G. Bachlund: The river of ruin

A madrigal (Dream days of fond delight and hours ) (from Majors and Minors) - U. Kay
A Negro Love Song (Seen my lady home las' night) (from Majors and Minors)
J. Gilroth: Seen my lady home las' night
W. Dawson: Jump back, honey, jump back

A plea (Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane)
J. Carpenter: Treat me nice

A prayer (O Lord, the hard-won miles) (from Majors and Minors) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Bachlund
A sailor's song (Oh for the breath of the briny deep) - E. Margetson
A song (Thou art the soul of a summer's day ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
E. Ball: Who knows?
H. Adams: Love Memory

A song (On a summer's day as I sat by a stream) - W. Boyd
A song - R. Owens [x]
A starry night (A cloud fell down from the heavens) (from Majors and Minors) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, U. Kay
A summer night (Summah is de lovin' time-- ) (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - G. Bachlund
A warm day in winter ("Sunshine on de medders) (from When Malindy Sings) - G. Bachlund
Accountability (Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits; ) (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - G. Bachlund
Adown the west a golden glow
A. Lora: At sunset time

Advice (W'en you full o' worry ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - G. Bachlund
All de night long twell de moon goes down (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
G. Bachlund: Twell de night is pas'

An African Love Song (My heart to thy heart, my hand to thine) - H. Bull, S. Coleridge-Taylor, E. Nevin
An angel, robed in spotless white (from Majors and Minors)
F. Leoni: The Birth of Morn
S. Coleridge-Taylor, F. Hall, G. Bachlund, R. Thompson: Dawn

An ante-bellum sermon (We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs) - H. Burleigh
An Easy Goin' Feller (Ther' ain't no use in all this strife) - G. Bachlund
An old, worn harp that had been played (from Lyrics of Lowly Life)
L. Coerne: The Master-Player

Angelina (When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel) - F. Peycke
Appreciation (My muvver's ist the nicest one ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - G. Bachlund
Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
G. Bachlund: Mortality

At candle-lightin' time (When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day)
S. Coleridge-Taylor: Candle-lightin' time

At sunset time (Adown the west a golden glow) - A. Lora
Ballad (I know my love is true) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
Because I had loved so deeply (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
C. Cooman, R. Di Domenica, C. Lloyd, G. Bachlund: Compensation

Bedtime 's come fu' little boys (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Gilchrist: Southern lullaby

Beyond the years (Beyond the years the answer lies) - T. Wendt
Beyond the years the answer lies
T. Wendt: Beyond the years

Bird of my lady's bower (Bird of my lady's bower ) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life - Two Songs) - D. Smith
Bird of my lady's bower (from Lyrics of Lowly Life - Two Songs)
D. Smith: Bird of my lady's bower

Bones a-gittin' achy
G. Bachlund: Chrismus Is A-Comin'

Candle-lightin' time (When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
Chrismus Is A-Comin' (Bones a-gittin' achy) - G. Bachlund
Come away to dreamin' town (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
C. Cadman: Come away to Dreaming Town
E. Hier, F. Price: Dreamin' town
F. Hall: Mandy Lou
F. Riker: Dreamin' Town or Mandy Lou

Come away to Dreaming Town (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - C. Cadman
Come when the nights are bright with stars (from Majors and Minors)
T. Wendt, G. English: Invitation to Love

Compensation (Because I had loved so deeply ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - C. Cooman, R. Di Domenica, C. Lloyd, G. Bachlund
Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning
H. Adams: To the Road!

Dawn (An angel, robed in spotless white ) (from Majors and Minors) - S. Coleridge-Taylor, F. Hall, G. Bachlund, R. Thompson
Day (The gray dawn on the mountain top) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - H. Cowell, G. Bachlund
De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Cook: My lady
F. Foster: Sol' down de stream

De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow
W. Still: Winter's approach

Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot; (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
G. Bachlund: Trouble in de kitchen

Dis is gospel weathah, sho'-
G. Bachlund: Song of Summer

Down de Lover's Lane (Summah night an' sighin' breeze) - W. Cook
Dream days of fond delight and hours (from Majors and Minors)
U. Kay: A madrigal

Dreamin' town (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - E. Hier, F. Price
Dreamin' Town or Mandy Lou (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - F. Riker
Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me (from Howdy Honey Howdy)
G. Bachlund: Possum

Encouragement (Who dat knockin' at de do'?) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
H. Sawyer: Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f

Enthroned upon the mighty truth
G. Bachlund: Justice

Evening (The moon begins her stately ride) - H. Cowell
Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits; (from Howdy Honey Howdy)
G. Bachlund: Accountability

Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold; (from Joggin' Erlong)
G. Bachlund: The real question

Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down (from When Malindy Sings)
C. Koerner, G. Bachlund: Itching heels

Good-Night (The lark is silent in his nest) (from Majors and Minors) - N. Smith
Grass commence a-comin' (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
C. Koerner: Spring fever

He had his dream (He had his dream, and all through life) - G. Bachlund
He had his dream, and all through life
G. Bachlund: He had his dream

How shall I woo thee (How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?) - S. Coleridge-Taylor
How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?
S. Coleridge-Taylor: How shall I woo thee

Hymn (O li'l' lamb out in de col') (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
H. Haufrecht: O li'l lamb

I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night
G. Bachlund: Philosophy

I found you and I lost you
G. Bachlund: A golden day

I have seen peoples come and go (from Majors and Minors)
G. Bachlund: Old

I know a man/ with face of tan
G. Bachlund: The Sand-Man

I know my love is true
S. Coleridge-Taylor: Ballad

I know what the caged bird feels, alas! (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
R. Thompson: Sympathy

I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt
G. Bachlund: Lager beer

I 's boun' to see my gal to-night (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
M. Andrews: On the road

I 've been list'nin' to them lawyers
G. Bachlund: The Lawyers' Way

If (If life were but a dream, my Love ) - R. Owens
If life were but a dream, my Love
R. Owens: If
T. Wendt: A dream

In May (Oh to have you in May) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - A. Barnett
Invitation to Love (Come when the nights are bright with stars) (from Majors and Minors) - T. Wendt, G. English
Itching heels (Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down) (from When Malindy Sings) - C. Koerner, G. Bachlund
Jump back, honey, jump back (Seen my lady home las' night) (from Majors and Minors) - W. Dawson
Justice (Enthroned upon the mighty truth ) - G. Bachlund
Lager beer (I lafs und sings, und shumps aroundt) - G. Bachlund
Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
H. Swanson: A death song

Lead gently, Lord (Lead gently, Lord, and slow) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - W. Boyd
Lead gently, Lord, and slow (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
G. Bachlund: Lead gently, lord
W. Boyd: Lead gently, Lord

Life (A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - H. Haufrecht, M. Salter, G. Bachlund
Li'l' Gal (Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal ) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Adams
Litl' Gal (Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal ) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - J. Johnson
Love hath the wings of the butterfly (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Boyd: Love's phases

Love is the light of the world (Love is the light of the world, my dear ) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter - Lyrics of Love and Sorrow) - A. Bergh
Love is the light of the world, my dear (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter - Lyrics of Love and Sorrow)
A. Bergh: Love is the light of the world

Love me. I care not what the circling years (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Boyd: Love's exaltation
R. Thompson: Love's apotheosis

Love Memory (Thou art the soul of a summer's day ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - H. Adams
Love Response (When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes ) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Adams
Lover's lane (Summah night an' sighin' breeze)
W. Cook: Down de Lover's Lane

Love's apotheosis (Love me. I care not what the circling years) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - R. Thompson
Love's exaltation (Love me. I care not what the circling years) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - W. Boyd
Love's phases (Love hath the wings of the butterfly) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - W. Boyd
Lullaby (Bedtime 's come fu' little boys) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Gilchrist: Southern lullaby

Lullaby (Sing me, sweet, a soothing psalm) - G. Bachlund
Mandy Lou (Come away to dreamin' town) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - F. Hall
Morning (The mist has left the greening plain) - H. Cowell
Mortality (Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust ) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - G. Bachlund
My heart to thy heart, my hand to thine
H. Bull, S. Coleridge-Taylor, E. Nevin: An African Love Song

My lady (De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - W. Cook
My muvver's ist the nicest one (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
G. Bachlund: Appreciation

My star (Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - H. Hadley
Night (Silence, and whirling worlds afar) - H. Cowell
Noddin' by the fire (Some folks t'inks hit 's right an' p'opah) (from When Malindy Sings) - G. Bachlund
Not they who soar (Not they who soar, but they who plod ) (from Majors and Minors) - G. Bachlund
Not they who soar, but they who plod (from Majors and Minors)
G. Bachlund: Not they who soar

O li'l lamb (O li'l' lamb out in de col') (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - H. Haufrecht
O li'l' lamb out in de col' (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
H. Haufrecht: O li'l lamb

O Lord, the hard-won miles (O Lord, the hard-won miles) (from Majors and Minors) - R. Dett
O Lord, the hard-won miles (from Majors and Minors)
S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Bachlund: A prayer
R. Dett: O Lord, the hard-won miles

Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low, Li'l' gal (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
J. Johnson: Litl' Gal
H. Adams: Li'l' Gal

Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble (from Lyrics of Lowly Life)
G. Bachlund: A Banjo Song

Oh for the breath of the briny deep
E. Margetson: A sailor's song

Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love;
R. Thompson: One life

Oh to have you in May (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
A. Barnett: In May

Old (I have seen peoples come and go ) (from Majors and Minors) - G. Bachlund
On a summer's day as I sat by a stream
W. Boyd: A song

On the road (I 's boun' to see my gal to-night) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - M. Andrews
On the wide veranda white (from Majors and Minors)
S. Coleridge-Taylor: A corn-song

One life (Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love; ) - R. Thompson
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing
J. Heggie: Prologue: Ships that pass in the night

Over the hills (Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - M. Bauer, S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Bachlund
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
M. Bauer, S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Bachlund: Over the hills
H. Hadley: My star

Parted (De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Cook: My lady
F. Foster: Sol' down de stream

Parted (She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies) - W. Still
Philosophy (I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night) - G. Bachlund
Possum (Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me ) (from Howdy Honey Howdy) - G. Bachlund
Prologue: Ships that pass in the night (Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing) - J. Heggie
Response (When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes ) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - G. Walker
Riding to town (When labor is light and the morning is fair) - H. Haufrecht, T. Kerr
Seen my lady home las' night (Seen my lady home las' night) (from Majors and Minors) - J. Gilroth
Seen my lady home las' night (from Majors and Minors)
J. Gilroth: Seen my lady home las' night
W. Dawson: Jump back, honey, jump back

She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies
W. Still: Parted

Ships that pass in the night (Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing)
J. Heggie: Prologue: Ships that pass in the night

Silence ('T is better to sit here beside the sea) - C. Cooman
Silence, and whirling worlds afar
H. Cowell: Night

Sing me, sweet, a soothing psalm
G. Bachlund: Lullaby

Sling Along (Sling along, sling along, sling along) (from Joggin' Erlong) - G. Bachlund
Sling along, sling along, sling along (from Joggin' Erlong)
G. Bachlund: Sling Along

Slumber song (The lark is silent in his nest) (from Majors and Minors) - W. Boyd
Sol' down de stream (De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - F. Foster
Some folks t'inks hit 's right an' p'opah (from When Malindy Sings)
G. Bachlund: Noddin' by the fire

Song (My heart to thy heart, my hand to thine)
H. Bull, S. Coleridge-Taylor, E. Nevin: An African Love Song

Song of Summer (Dis is gospel weathah, sho'- ) - G. Bachlund
Southern lullaby (Bedtime 's come fu' little boys) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - W. Gilchrist
Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f (Who dat knockin' at de do'?) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - H. Sawyer
Spring fever (Grass commence a-comin') (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - C. Koerner
Summah is de lovin' time-- (from Howdy Honey Howdy)
G. Bachlund: A summer night

Summah night an' sighin' breeze
W. Cook: Down de Lover's Lane

"Sunshine on de medders (from When Malindy Sings)
G. Bachlund: A warm day in winter

Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun'
G. Bachlund: A frolic

Sympathy (I know what the caged bird feels, alas! ) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - R. Thompson
Sympathy (The tear another's tears bring forth) (from Oak and Ivy)
'T is better to sit here beside the sea
C. Cooman: Silence

The Birth of Morn (An angel, robed in spotless white ) (from Majors and Minors) - F. Leoni
The Boogah Man (W'en de evenin' shadders) - M. Lea
The gray dawn on the mountain top (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
H. Cowell, G. Bachlund: Day

The lake's dark breast is all unrest
D. Smith: The rising of the storm

The lark is silent in his nest (from Majors and Minors)
N. Smith: Good-Night
W. Boyd: Slumber song

The Lawyers' Way (I 've been list'nin' to them lawyers) - G. Bachlund
The Master-Player (An old, worn harp that had been played) (from Lyrics of Lowly Life) - L. Coerne
The mist has left the greening plain
H. Cowell: Morning

The moon begins her stately ride
H. Cowell: Evening

The real question (Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold; ) (from Joggin' Erlong) - G. Bachlund
The rising of the storm (The lake's dark breast is all unrest) - D. Smith
The river of ruin (A long by the river of ruin ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - G. Bachlund
The Sand-Man (I know a man/ with face of tan) - G. Bachlund
The secret (What says the wind to the waving trees? ) - R. Owens, R. Owens
The sparrow (A little bird, with plumage brown) - R. Owens
The sum (A little dreaming by the way) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - G. Bachlund
The tear another's tears bring forth (from Oak and Ivy)
The valse (When to sweet music my lady is dancing) (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter) - C. Koerner
Theology (There is a heaven, for ever, day by day ) - C. Cooman, G. Bachlund
Ther' ain't no use in all this strife
G. Bachlund: An Easy Goin' Feller

There is a heaven, for ever, day by day
C. Cooman, G. Bachlund: Theology

Thou art the soul of a summer's day (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
E. Ball: Who knows?
H. Adams: Love Memory

To the Road! (Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning ) - H. Adams
Treat me nice (Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane) - J. Carpenter
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane
J. Carpenter: Treat me nice

Trouble in de kitchen (Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot; ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - G. Bachlund
Twell de night is pas' (All de night long twell de moon goes down) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - G. Bachlund
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs
H. Burleigh: An ante-bellum sermon

We wear the mask (We wear the mask that grins and lies ) - G. Bachlund, R. Thompson GER
We wear the mask that grins and lies GER
G. Bachlund, R. Thompson: We wear the mask

W'en de evenin' shadders
M. Lea: The Boogah Man

W'en us fellers stomp around, makin' lots o' noise
G. Bachlund: When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked

W'en you full o' worry (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow)
G. Bachlund: Advice

What says the wind to the waving trees?
R. Owens, R. Owens: The secret

What's the use? (What's the use o' folks a-frownin' ) - G. Bachlund, F. Price
What's the use o' folks a-frownin'
G. Bachlund, F. Price: What's the use?

When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked (W'en us fellers stomp around, makin' lots o' noise ) - G. Bachlund
When all is done (When all is done, and my last word is said) (from Lyrics of the Hearthside) - W. Boyd, G. Bachlund
When all is done, and my last word is said (from Lyrics of the Hearthside)
W. Boyd, G. Bachlund: When all is done

When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel
F. Peycke: Angelina

When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day
S. Coleridge-Taylor: Candle-lightin' time

When labor is light and the morning is fair
H. Haufrecht, T. Kerr: Riding to town

When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
H. Adams: Love Response
G. Walker: Response

When to sweet music my lady is dancing (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
C. Koerner: The valse

Who dat knockin' at de do'? (from Lyrics of Love and Laughter)
H. Sawyer: Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f

Who knows? (Thou art the soul of a summer's day ) (from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow) - E. Ball
Why fades a dream? (Why fades a dream?) (from Majors and Minors) - W. Boyd, M. Busch, G. Bachlund
Why fades a dream? (from Majors and Minors)
W. Boyd, M. Busch, G. Bachlund: Why fades a dream?

Why fades a dream? (Why fades a dream?) (from Majors and Minors) - W. Boyd, M. Busch, G. Bachlund
Winter's approach (De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow) - W. Still

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