De Little Pickaninny's Gone To Sleep Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFEFBBEE BBGGDDDD| Cuddle down ma honey in yo' bed | A |
| Go to sleep an' res' yo' little head | A |
| Been a kind o' ailin' all de day | B |
| Didn't have no sperit fu' to play | B |
| Never min' to morrer w'en you wek | C |
| Daddy's gwine to ride you on his bek | C |
| 'Roun' an' roun' de cabin flo' so fas' | D |
| Der He's closed his little eyes at las' | D |
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| De little pickaninny's gone to sleep | E |
| Cuddled in his trundle bed so tiny | F |
| De little pickaninny's gone to sleep | E |
| Closed his little eyes so bright an' shiny | F |
| Hush an' w'en you walk across de flo' | B |
| Step across it very sof' an' slow | B |
| De shadders all aroun' begin to creep | E |
| De little pickaninny's gone to sleep | E |
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| Mandy w'at's de matter wid dat chile | B |
| Keeps a sighin' ev'y little w'ile | B |
| Seems to me I heayhd him sorter groan | G |
| Lord his little han's am col' as stone | G |
| W'at's dat far off light dat's in his eyes | D |
| Dat's a light dey's borrow'd f'om de skies | D |
| Fol' his little han's across his breas' | D |
| Let de little pickaninny res' | D |
James Weldon Johnson
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