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The Weary Blues

The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes

"The Weary Blues" is a poem by American poet Langston Hughes.

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“The stars went out and so did the moon.
The singer stopped playing and went to bed
While the Weary Blues echoed through his head.
He slept like a rock or a man that's dead.”

Langston Hughes The Weary Blues

"The Weary Blues," from The Weary Blues (1926)

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