Bread And Gravy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEECCFGHHCCII JJCC| There's a heap o' satisfaction in a chunk o' pumpkin pie | A |
| An' I'm always glad I'm livin' when the cake is passin' by | A |
| An' I guess at every meal time I'm as happy as can be | B |
| For I like whatever dishes Mother gets for Bud an' me | B |
| But there's just one bit of eatin' which I hold supremely great | C |
| An' that's good old bread and gravy when I've finished up my plate | C |
| I've eaten fancy dishes an' my mouth has watered too | D |
| I've been at banquet tables an' I've run the good things through | D |
| I've had sea food up in Boston I've had pompano down South | E |
| For most everything that's edible I've put into my mouth | E |
| But the finest treat I know of now I publicly relate | C |
| Is a chunk of bread and gravy when I've finished up my plate | C |
| Now the epicures may snicker and the hotel chefs may smile | F |
| But when it comes to eating I don't hunger much for style Pg | G |
| For an empty man wants fillin' an' you can't do that with things | H |
| Like breast o' guinea under glass or curried turkey wings | H |
| You want just plain home cookin' an' the chance to sit an' wait | C |
| For a piece o' bread an' gravy when you've finished up your plate | C |
| Oh it may be I am common an' my tastes not much refined | I |
| But the meals which suit my fancy are the good old fashioned kind | I |
| With the food right on the table an' the hungry kids about | J |
| An' the mother an' the father handing all the good things out | J |
| An' the knowledge in their presence that I needn't fear to state | C |
| That I'd like some bread an' gravy when I've finished up my plate | C |
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