Ole Wirginny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEDDFFDDDDEE DDDDBDCGEEEDAADDAAEE AAHHDDIIEEAADGAAAAEE

In a little log house in Ole WirginnyA
Sum niggas lib dat cum from GuinnyA
Dare massas flog' em berry littleB
But gib dem plenty work and wittleB
Ole Massa Jim real clebber bodyC
Ebbery day he gib dem toddyC
An' wen de sun fall in de ribberD
Dey stop de work an' res de libberD
Chah chah dat de wayE
De niggas spen' de night an' dayE
At night dey gadder round de fireD
To ta'k ob tings wot hab perspireD
De ashes on de tater toss 'emF
Parch de corn an' roast de possumF
An' arter dat de niggas splutterD
An' hop an' dance de Chicken FlutterD
Da happy den an' hab no bodderD
Dey snug as rat in a stack a fodderD
Chah chah dat de wayE
De niggas spen' de night an' dayE
'Twas on the nineteenf day of OctoberD
When de Juba dance was oberD
Dey he' a great noise dat soun' like t'underD
Which make de niggas stare and wonderD
Now C sar say he lay a dolla'B
De debbil in de corn for he hea'd him hollerD
But Cuffee grin an say 'Now cum seeC
I b'lieb it's nott'in' but possum up a gum tree 'G
Chah chah dat de wayE
De niggas spen' de night an' dayE
Den one nigga run an' open de windaE
De moon rush in like fire on a tinderD
De noise soun' plainer de niggas got fri'ten'A
Dey tink 'twas a mixture ob t'under and litenin'A
Some grate brack mob come cross de medderD
Da kine a roll demsel's togedderD
But soon dey journ' dis exhalationA
Was nott'in' more dan de niggas from anoder plantationA
Chah chah dat de wayE
De niggas spen' de night an' dayE
Dese noisy bracks surroun' de dwellin'A
While de news one nigga got a tellin'A
De res ob 'em grin to hear ole QuashyH
Menshun de name ob Gineral WashyH
He say dat day in Yorktown HollerD
Massa George cotch ole CornwallerD
An' seben t'ousand corn off him shell himI
Leff him nott'in' more'n a cob for to tell himI
Chah chah dat de wayE
De niggas spen' de night an' dayE
He say 'Den arter all dis 'fusionA
Dat was de en ob de rebolushunA
An nex day all roun' dat quarterD
Dey gwaing for to keep him as dey ort to 'G
An dat dare massas 'specially say denA
De niggas mought hab hollowday denA
An dey mout hab rum all day to be quaffin'A
All de niggas den buss right out a laffin'A
Chah chah dat de wayE
De niggas spen' de night an' dayE

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