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> Paul Laurence Dunbar Website Releases New Version Of Dialect Poem
> "When Malindy Sings," In Near-Standard English, With MP3 Readings
>
> The website PaulLaurenceDunbar.net has released a new version of Paul
> Laurence Dunbar's classic dialect poem, "When Malindy Sings," written
> in Near-Standard English, by Rev. Bill McGinnis, a student and admirer
> of Dunbar and owner of the website.
>
> "This beautiful poem of Dunbar's was originally written in slavery
> dialect," said McGinnis. "It is perhaps his most famous and best
> loved poem, even though the use of Dialect has been criticized by
> many, as demeaning to African-Americans."
>
> Dunbar himself greatly preferred to write in Standard English, and he
> complained in vain that his publishers at the time would reject his
> Standard English poems -- no matter how good they were -- and ask him
> to please submit poems in Dialect, which they would then publish
> eagerly.
>
> "But it seems to me that Dunbar deliberately wrote many of his Dialect
> poems in such a way that they could easily be converted into Near-
> Standard English at a future date, when the country was ready for
> them," said McGinnis. "A hundred and one years have now gone past
> since Paul Laurence Dunbar died," said McGinnis. "And I think the
> country is now ready for his Dialect poems to be converted into
> Standard English, or something almost like Standard English. I think
> this is what he hoped we would do when he wrote the Dialect poems."
>
> Here is the first verse of the original Dialect poem, along with the
> Near-Standard English converted version.
>
> WHEN MALINDY SINGS - First Verse in Dialect and Near-Standard English
>
> By Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
>
> Written In Dialect by Paul Laurence Dunbar
> and converted into Near-Standard English by Rev. Bill McGinnis
>
> MP3 Reading (dialect) by Rev. Bill McGinnis at
> http://www.paullaurencedunbar.net/whenmalindysings.mp3
>
> MP3 Reading (near-standard English) by Rev. Bill McGinnis at
> http://www.paullaurencedunbar.net/whenmalindysings-std.mp3
>
>
> Dialect
>
> G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy--
> Put dat music book away;
> What's de use to keep on tryin'?
> Ef you practise twell you 're gray,
> You cain't sta't no notes a-flyin'
> Lak de ones dat rants and rings
> F'om de kitchen to de big woods
> When Malindy sings.
>
>
>
> Near-Standard English
>
> Go way and quit that noise, Miss Lucy--
> Put that music book away;
> What's the use to keep on trying?
> If you practice till you're gray,
> You can't start those notes a-flying
> Like the ones that rant and ring
> From the kitchen to the big woods
> When Malindy sings.
>
>
> . . . more at the website.
>
> You can read and download all nine verses, in both versions, at our
> website at http://www.paullaurencedunbar.net/whenmalindysings.html
>
> Both versions of the poem and both readings are in the Public Domain,
> free for everyone to use without restriction.
Not much, but I'll create a movie with some of the lines.
http://Movies.Here.Nu/MalSings.wmv
And remember "Forbe's Island"... (or is it: "Forbes' Island")
http://Clitin.com/Forbes1.wmv
....is is a tour of SF with public domain pics.
Forbes moored his /island/ off SF ...
>
>
> Blessings to you. May God help us all.
May the devil always blow
your southern sails.
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>
> Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director
> http://www.loveallpeople.org
> and all its related websites.
>
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