Just Folks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDEEFFGGHH AIICJJGGJJJJCC CKKCJJGGGGEELL| We're queer folks here | A |
| We'll talk about the weather | B |
| The good times we have had together | B |
| The good times near | C |
| The roses buddin' an' the bees | D |
| Once more upon their nectar sprees | D |
| The scarlet fever scare an' who | E |
| Came mighty near not pullin' through | E |
| An' who had light attacks an' all | F |
| The things that int'rest big or small | F |
| But here you'll never hear of sinnin' | G |
| Or any scandal that's beginnin' | G |
| We've got too many other labors | H |
| To scatter tales that harm our neighbors | H |
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| We're strange folks here | A |
| We're tryin' to be cheerful | I |
| An' keep this home from gettin' tearful | I |
| We hold it dear | C |
| Too dear for pettiness an' meanness | J |
| An' nasty tales of men's uncleanness | J |
| Here you shall come to joyous smilin' | G |
| Secure from hate an' harsh revilin' | G |
| Here where the wood fire brightly blazes | J |
| You'll hear from us our neighbor's praises | J |
| Here that they'll never grow to doubt us | J |
| We keep our friends always about us | J |
| An' here though storms outside may pelter | C |
| Is refuge for our friends an' shelter | C |
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| We've one rule here | C |
| An' that is to be pleasant | K |
| The folks we know are always present | K |
| Or very near | C |
| An' though they dwell in many places | J |
| We think we're talkin' to their faces | J |
| An' that keeps us from only seein' | G |
| The faults in any human bein' | G |
| An' checks our tongues when they'd go trailin' | G |
| Into the mire of mortal failin' | G |
| Flaws aren't so big when folks are near you | E |
| You don't talk mean when they can hear you | E |
| An' so no scandal here is started | L |
| Because from friends we're never parted | L |
Edgar Albert Guest
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