Dr. Johnson's Picture Cow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FGHHIIJJ KKLLMBN MMOOPPQQ DDRR ST B B UUBB| Got a sliver in my hand | A |
| An' it hurt t' beat the band | A |
| An' got white around it too | B |
| Then the first thing that I knew | B |
| It was all swelled up an' Pa | C |
| Said 'There's no use fussin' Ma | C |
| Jes' put on his coat an' hat | D |
| Doctor Johnson must see that ' | E |
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| I was scared an' yelled because | F |
| One time when the doctor was | G |
| At our house he made me smell | H |
| Something funny an' I fell | H |
| Fast asleep an' when I woke | I |
| Seemed like I was goin' t' choke | I |
| An' the folks who stood about | J |
| Said I'd had my tonsils out | J |
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| An' my throat felt awful sore | K |
| An' I couldn't eat no more | K |
| An' it hurt me when I'd talk | L |
| An' they wouldn't let me walk | L |
| So when Pa said I must go | M |
| To the doctor's I said 'No | B |
| I don't want to go to night | N |
| 'Cause my hand will be all right ' | - |
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| Pa said 'Take him Ma ' an' so | M |
| I jes' knew I had t' go | M |
| An' the doctor looked an' said | O |
| 'It is very sore an' red | O |
| Much too sore to touch at all | P |
| See that picture on the wall | P |
| That one over yonder Bud | Q |
| With the old cow in the mud | Q |
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| 'Once I owned a cow like that | D |
| Jes' as brown an' big an' fat | D |
| An' one day I pulled her tail | R |
| An' she kicked an' knocked the pail | R |
| Full o' milk clean over me ' | - |
| Then I looked up there t' see | S |
| His old cow above the couch | T |
| An' right then I hollered 'ouch ' | - |
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| 'Bud ' says he 'what's wrong with you | B |
| Did the old cow kick you too ' | - |
| An' he laughed an' Ma said 'Son | B |
| Never mind now it's all done ' | - |
| Pretty soon we came away | U |
| An' my hand's all well to day | U |
| But that's first time that I knew | B |
| Picture cows could kick at you | B |
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