When We Were Kids Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FF B GHH IJKKJJLL

WHEN we wuz kids together an' we didn't have a careA
In the lazy days of summer when our feet wuz allus bareA
When a hat warn't necessary an' a necktie in the wayB
An' there warn't a blessed thing t' do but scamper off an' playB
Then th' sun meant somethin' to us an' the blue skies overheadC
Kinder stooped down in th' meadows where we children wuz an' saidC
'Trout are bitin' in th' mill stream hurry up an' git yer poleD
Now's th' time you should be hikin' 't' yer fav'rit fishin' hole 'E
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When we wuz kids together an' there warn't a thing t' fretF
' Cept comin' home t' mother with our hair suspicious wetF
Then th' sunbeams an' th' song birds used t' come t' us an' say '-
They are swimmin' in th' river better git there right awayB
As we passed 'em we could hear 'em laughin' splashin' down below '-
Then we hurried t' th' river jus' as fast as we could goG
For there warn't a thing t' keep us like there is now we are menH
An' th' sunbeams an' th' song birds an' the skies meant somethin' thenH
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Now th' same sunbeams come callin' an' th' same song birds come nearI
And the same blue skies bend o'er me and their messages I hearJ
Every dancing sunbeam tells me that out yonder in the streamK
Now the pickerel are biting but I only sit and dreamK
For I've journeyed past my boyhood I 'm a slave forevermoreJ
And I must not heed their whispers as I used to do of yoreJ
There are bills to meet and duties that I must not dare not shirkL
Mr Sunbeam quit yer coaxin' it's no use I've got t' workL

Edgar Albert Guest



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