This first stanza of the dialect poem, “The Ol’ Tunes,” was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872, the son of former slaves.
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This first stanza of the dialect poem, “The Ol’ Tunes,” was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 27, 1872, the son of former slaves.