Used-up Joe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBDB CBEB FBFBFBFB GBGBABAB HBHBIBIB BBBBABAB HBHBBBBB| I'm de only one left ob de Colony niggers | A |
| How things do meander away | B |
| When dey count my yeahs dey break down on de figgers | A |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
| I was heah when Columbus discubbered Ohio | C |
| I'm dyin' wid hunger today | B |
| Lock me up in a pantry day's filled wid mince pie | D |
| Oh how things would meander away | B |
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| Brudder Gabriel blow I am ready to go | C |
| I am tired ob dis long delay | B |
| You've de wicked to warn better look for yer horn | E |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
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| I's as poor as de turkey dat Job was its owner | F |
| How things do meander away | B |
| I'm as sick as de whale when he landed up Jonar | F |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
| I'm in debt for my day before yesterday's dinner | F |
| An' can't find de cash fer to pay | B |
| In dat Savin's Band game some one else was de winner | F |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
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| I'm a gnarly ole tree wid a hurricane fightin' | G |
| How things do meander away | B |
| All de limbs are torn off an' de leabes gone akittin' | G |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
| Send me home for repairs when de hurricane ceases | A |
| Remember de words dat I say | B |
| Tie me up in a bag an' don't stop for de pieces | A |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
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| Had my right eye knocked out by a word dat I hollered | H |
| How things do meander away | B |
| Called a white man a fool an' an axerdent follered | H |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
| Den a railroad collusion run ober some cattle | I |
| An' one ob my limbs went astray | B |
| An' anudder I left on de cornfield ob battle | I |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
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| Nitro glycerum cans are not safe to unsodder | B |
| How things do meander away | B |
| An' wid circular saws 'tisn't wise fer to bodder | B |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
| Dis ere top lock was lifted by red Injun debils | A |
| 'Twas den de black wool become gray | B |
| An' my last wooder leg was shot off by de rebels | A |
| For things will meander away | B |
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| Nicodemus my son in law long ago started | H |
| How things do meander away | B |
| An' dey say from de gum tree his bones hab departed | H |
| Fer things will meander away | B |
| He will nebber come back let me tell ye no nebber | B |
| To pick up his burden of clay | B |
| Gib a mud turtle wings an' a free pass forebber | B |
| Ob course he'll meander away | B |
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