Ole Wirginny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEDDFFDDDDEE DDDDBDCGEEEDAADDAAEE AAHHDDIIEEAADGAAAAEEIn a little log house in Ole Wirginny | A |
Sum niggas lib dat cum from Guinny | A |
Dare massas flog' em berry little | B |
But gib dem plenty work and wittle | B |
Ole Massa Jim real clebber body | C |
Ebbery day he gib dem toddy | C |
An' wen de sun fall in de ribber | D |
Dey stop de work an' res de libber | D |
Chah chah dat de way | E |
De niggas spen' de night an' day | E |
At night dey gadder round de fire | D |
To ta'k ob tings wot hab perspire | D |
De ashes on de tater toss 'em | F |
Parch de corn an' roast de possum | F |
An' arter dat de niggas splutter | D |
An' hop an' dance de Chicken Flutter | D |
Da happy den an' hab no bodder | D |
Dey snug as rat in a stack a fodder | D |
Chah chah dat de way | E |
De niggas spen' de night an' day | E |
'Twas on the nineteenf day of October | D |
When de Juba dance was ober | D |
Dey he' a great noise dat soun' like t'under | D |
Which make de niggas stare and wonder | D |
Now C sar say he lay a dolla' | B |
De debbil in de corn for he hea'd him holler | D |
But Cuffee grin an say 'Now cum see | C |
I b'lieb it's nott'in' but possum up a gum tree ' | G |
Chah chah dat de way | E |
De niggas spen' de night an' day | E |
Den one nigga run an' open de winda | E |
De moon rush in like fire on a tinder | D |
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 medder | D |
Da kine a roll demsel's togedder | D |
But soon dey journ' dis exhalation | A |
Was nott'in' more dan de niggas from anoder plantation | A |
Chah chah dat de way | E |
De niggas spen' de night an' day | E |
Dese noisy bracks surroun' de dwellin' | A |
While de news one nigga got a tellin' | A |
De res ob 'em grin to hear ole Quashy | H |
Menshun de name ob Gineral Washy | H |
He say dat day in Yorktown Holler | D |
Massa George cotch ole Cornwaller | D |
An' seben t'ousand corn off him shell him | I |
Leff him nott'in' more'n a cob for to tell him | I |
Chah chah dat de way | E |
De niggas spen' de night an' day | E |
He say 'Den arter all dis 'fusion | A |
Dat was de en ob de rebolushun | A |
An nex day all roun' dat quarter | D |
Dey gwaing for to keep him as dey ort to ' | G |
An dat dare massas 'specially say den | A |
De niggas mought hab hollowday den | A |
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 way | E |
De niggas spen' de night an' day | E |
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