Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/Till the Wind Gets Right

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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TILL THE WIND GETS RIGHT

OH the breeze is blowin' balmy
 And the sun is in a haze;
There's a cloud jest givin' coolness,
 To the laziest of days.
There are crowds upon the lakeside,
 But the fish refuse to bite,
So I'll wait and go a-fishin'
 When the wind gets right.

Now my boat tugs at her anchor,
 Eager now to kiss the spray,
While the little waves are callin'
 Drowsy sailor come away,
There's a harbor for the happy,
 And its sheen is just in sight,
But I won't set sail to get there,
 Till the wind gets right.

That's my trouble, too, I reckon,
 I've been waitin' all too long,
Tho' the days were always
 Still the wind is always wrong.
An' when Gabriel blows his trumpet,
 In the day o' in the night,
I will still be found waitin',
 Till the wind gets right.