Ma Lady's Lips Am Like De Honey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEE BFBFBBBB BBBBGGDD BFBFBBBB HBHBIIBB| Negro Love Song | A |
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| Breeze a sighin' and a blowin' | B |
| Southern summer night | C |
| Stars a gleamin' and a glowin' | B |
| Moon jes shinin' right | C |
| Strollin' like all lovers do | D |
| Down de lane wid Lindy Lou | D |
| Honey on her lips to waste | E |
| 'Speck I'm gwine to steal a taste | E |
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| Oh ma lady's lips am like de honey | B |
| Ma lady's lips am like de rose | F |
| An' I'm jes like de little bee a buzzin' | B |
| 'Round de flower wha' de nectah grows | F |
| Ma lady's lips dey smile so temptin' | B |
| Ma lady's teeth so white dey shine | B |
| Oh ma lady's lips so tantalizin' | B |
| Ma lady's lips so close to mine | B |
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| Bird a whistlin' and a swayin' | B |
| In de live oak tree | B |
| Seems to me he keeps a sayin' | B |
| Kiss dat gal fo' me | B |
| Look heah Mister Mockin' Bird | G |
| Gwine to take you at yo' word | G |
| If I meets ma Waterloo | D |
| Gwine to blame it all on you | D |
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| Oh ma lady's lips am like de honey | B |
| Ma lady's lips am like de rose | F |
| An' I'm jes like de little bee a buzzin' | B |
| 'Round de flower wha' de nectah grows | F |
| Ma lady's lips dey smile so temptin' | B |
| Ma lady's teeth so white dey shine | B |
| Oh ma lady's lips so tantalizin' | B |
| Ma lady's lips so close to mine | B |
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| Honey in de rose I spose is | H |
| Put der fo' de bee | B |
| Honey on her lips I knows is | H |
| Put der jes fo' me | B |
| Seen a sparkle in her eye | I |
| Heard her heave a little sigh | I |
| Felt her kinder squeeze ma han' | B |
| 'Nuff to make me understan' | B |
James Weldon Johnson
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