Babylon Is Fallen! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAC EFGHIIG IJKIAK LBIIAI MNOAIO AOPAMP| Don't you see de black clouds | A |
| Risin' ober yonder | B |
| Whar de Massa's old plantation am | C |
| Neber you be frightened | D |
| Dem is only darkies | A |
| Come to jine an' fight for Uncle Sam | C |
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| Look out dar now | E |
| We's agwine to shoot | F |
| Look out dar don't you understand | G |
| Oh don't you know dat | H |
| Babylon is fallen | I |
| Babylon is fallen | I |
| An' we's agwine to occupy the land | G |
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| Don't you see the lightnin' | I |
| Flashin' in de canebrake | J |
| Like as if we's gwine to hab a storm | K |
| No You is mistaken | I |
| 'Tis darkies' bay'nets | A |
| An' de buttons on dar uniform | K |
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| Way up in the cornfield | L |
| Whar you hear de tunder | B |
| Dat is our ole forty pounder gun | I |
| When the shells are missin' | I |
| Den we load wid punkins | A |
| All de same to make the cowards run | I |
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| Mass was de Kernel | M |
| In de Rebel army | N |
| Eber sence he went an' run away | O |
| But his lubly darkies | A |
| Dey has been a watchin' | I |
| An' dey take him pris'ner tudder day | O |
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| We will be be the Massa | A |
| He will be the sarvant | O |
| Try him how he like it for a spell | P |
| So we crack de Butt'nuts | A |
| So we take the Kernel | M |
| So the cannon carry back de shell | P |
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