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Hymn biyñz sufr.
Ɖe torćr wn anɖr.
Ɖe gt hrt n gt hard.
No powm or ple or soñ
Cn fŭli rît a roñ
Inflictd n indyrd.

Hisṭri sz, ‘D’nt hop
On ɖs sîd v ɖ grev,’
Bt ɖen, wns in a lîftîm
Ɖ loñd fr tîdl wev
V justis cn rîz p
N hop n hisṭri rîm.

So hop fr a gret sìćenj
On ɖ far sîd v rvnj.
B’liv ɖt a frɖr śor
Z rīć̣bl fṛm hir.
B’liv in miṛclz
N krz n hīlñ welz.

Cōl miṛcl slf-hīlñ,
Ɖ utr slf-rvilñ
Dubl-tec v fīlñ.
F ɖr’z fîr on ɖ mǎntin
N lîṭnñ n storm
N a god spīcs fṛm ɖ scî

Ɖt mīnz smwn z hírñ
Ɖ ǎtcrî n ɖ brʈcrî
V ny lîf at its trm.
It mīnz wns in a lîftîm
Ɖt justis cn rîz p
N hop n hisṭri rîm.

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Lêt Ōġst, gvn hevi ren n sún
Fr a fl wīc, ɖ blacḅriz wd rîpn.
At frst, jst wn, a glosi prpl clot
Amñ uɖrz, red, grīn, hard az a nót.
Y et ɖt first wn n its fleś wz swīt
Lîc ʈicnd wîn: sumr’z blud wz in it
Līvñ stenz upn ɖ tuñ n lust fr
Picñ. Ɖen red wnz inct p n ɖt hungr
Snt s ǎt wɖ milc̦anz, pītinz, jampots
Ẃr brayrz scraćt n wet gras blīćt ǎr būts.
Rnd heifīldz, cornfīldz n ptetodrilz
W trect n pict untl ɖ canz wr fl,
Untl ɖ tinc̣lñ botm hd bn cuvrd
Wɖ grīn wnz, n on top

Lîc a plet v îz. Ǎr handz wr péprd
Wɖ ʈornprics, ǎr pāmz stici az Blūbird’z.
W hōrdd ɖ freś bériz in ɖ bîr.

Bt ẃn ɖ baʈ wz fild w faund a fŕ,
A rat-gre funġs, glutñ on ǎr cáś.
Ɖ jūs wz stncñ tù. Wns of ɖ bś
Ɖ frūt fmntd, ɖ swīt fleś wd trn sǎr.
I olwz flt lîc crayñ. It wz’nt fer
Ɖt ol ɖ luvli canflz smelt v rot.
Ć yir I hopt ɖe’d cīp, ń ɖe wd not.

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