A Boy's Summer Song
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Publication Information
Published in Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (1905)
Performed by Herbert Woodward Martin
Musical Settings
Gary Bachlund, A Boy's Summer Song (baritone and piano) (January 2013)
Recommended Citation
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, "A Boy's Summer Song" (1905). Dunbar Music Archive. 327.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dunbar/327
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'Tis fine to play
In the fragrant hay,
And romp on the golden load;
To ride old Jack
To the barn and back,
Or tramp by a shady road.
To pause and drink,
At a mossy brink;
Ah, that is the best of joy,
And so I say
On a summer's day,
What's so fine as being a boy?
Ha, Ha!
With line and hook
By a babbling brook,
The fisherman's sport we ply;
And list the song
Of the feathered throng
That flit in the branches nigh.
At last we strip
For a quiet dip;
Ah, that is the best of joy.
For this I say
On a summer's day,
What's so fine as being a boy?
Ha, Ha!