You's Sweet To Yo' Mammy Jes De Same Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCDAEFE GGFFG HIGI BJHJ| Lullaby | A |
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| Shet yo' eyes ma little pickaninny go to sleep | B |
| Mammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile | C |
| Daddy is a wukin' down in de cott'n fiel' | C |
| Wukin' fu' his little honey child | D |
| An' yo' mammy's heart is jes a brimmin' full o' lub | A |
| Fu' you f'om yo' head down to yo' feet | E |
| Oh no mattah w'at some othah folks may t'ink o' you | F |
| To yo' mammy's heart you's mighty sweet | E |
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| You's sweet to yo' mammy jes de same | G |
| Dat's why she calls you Honey fu' yo' name | G |
| Yo' face is black dat's true | F |
| An' yo' hair is woolly too | F |
| But you's sweet to yo' mammy jes de same | G |
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| Up der in de big house w'ere dey lib so rich an' gran' | H |
| Dey's got chillen dat dey lubs I s'pose | I |
| Chillen dat is purty oh but dey can't lub dem mo' | G |
| Dan yo' mammy lubs you heaben knows | I |
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| Dey may t'ink you's homely an' yo' clo'es dey may be po' | B |
| But yo' shinin' eyes dey hol's a light | J |
| Dat my Honey w'en you opens dem so big an' roun' | H |
| Makes you lubly in yo' mammy's sight | J |
James Weldon Johnson
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