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A Defective Santa Claus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Allus when our Pa he's away	A
Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay	A
At our house here so Ma an' me	B
An' Etty an' Lee Bob won't be	B
Afeard ef anything at night	C
Might happen like Ma says it might	C
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Ef Trip wuz big I bet you he	B
'Uz best watch dog you ever see	B
An' so last winter ist before	D
It's go' be Chris'mus Day w'y shore	D
Enough Pa had to haf to go	E
To 'tend a lawsuit An' the snow	E
Ist right fer Santy Claus Pa said	F
As he clumb in old Ayersuz' sled	F
An' said he's sorry he can't be	B
With us that night 'Cause he says ee	B
Old Santy might be comin' here	G
This very night of all the year	H
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I' got to be away so all	I
You kids must tell him ef he call	I
He's mighty welcome an' yer Pa	J
He left his love with you an' Ma	J
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An' Uncle Sid An' clucked an' leant	K
Back laughin' an' away they went	L
An' Uncle wave' his hands an' yells	M
Yer old horse ort to have on bells	M
But Pa yell back an' laugh an' say	A
I 'spect when Santy come this way	A
It's time enough fer sleighbells nen	E
An' holler back Good by again	E
An' reach out with the driver's whip	N
An' cut behind an' drive back Trip	N
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An' so all day it snowed an' snowed	O
An' Lee Bob he ist watched the road	O
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In his high chair an' Etty she	B
U'd play with Uncle Sid an' me	B
Like she wuz he'ppin' fetch in wood	P
An' keepin' old fire goin' good	P
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Where Ma she wuz a cookin' there	Q
An' kitchen too an' ever'where	Q
An' Uncle say 'At's ist the way	A
Yer Ma's b'en workin' night an' day	A
Sence she hain't big as Etty is	R
Er Lee Bob in that chair o' his	R
Nen Ma she'd laugh 't what Uncle said	F
An' smack an' smoove his old bald head	F
An' say Clear out the way till I	S
Can keep that pot from b'ilin' dry	S
Nen Uncle when she's gone back to	T
The kitchen says We ust to do	T
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Some cookin' in the ashes Say	A
S'posin' we try some thataway	A
An' nen he send us to tell Ma	J
Send two big 'taters in he saw	U
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Pa's b'en a keepin' 'cause they got	V
The premiun at the Fair An' what	W
You think He rake a grea' big hole	X
In the hot ashes an' he roll	X
Them old big 'taters in the place	Y
An' rake the coals back an' his face	Y
Ist swettin' so's he purt' nigh swear	Q
'Cause it's so hot An' when they're there	Q
'Bout time 'at we fergit 'em he	B
Ist rake 'em out again an' gee	B
He bu'st 'em with his fist wite on	E
A' old stove led while Etty's gone	E
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To git the salt an' butter too	T
Ist like he said she haf to do	T
No matter what Ma say An' so	E
He salt an' butter 'em an' blow	E
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'Em cool enough fer us to eat	Z
An' me o my they're hard to beat	Z
An' Trip 'ud ist lay there an' pant	A2
Like he'd laugh out loud but he can't	A2
Nen Uncle fill his pipe an' we	B
'Ud he'p him light it Sis an' me	B
But mostly little Lee Bob 'cause	B2
He's the best Lighter ever wuz	B2
Like Uncle telled him wunst when Lee	B
Bob cried an' jerked the light from me	B
He wuz so mad So Uncle pat	C2
An' pet him Lee Bob's ust to that	C2
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'Cause he's the little est you know	E
An' allus has b'en humored so	E
Nen Uncle gits the flat arn out	D2
An' while he's tellin' us all 'bout	D2
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Old Chris'mus times when he's a kid	E2
He ist cracked hickernuts he did	E2
Till they's a crockful mighty nigh	S
An' when they're all done by an' by	S
He raked the red coals out again	E
An' telled me Fetch that popcorn in	E
An' old three leggud skillut an'	E
The led an' all now little man	E
An' yer old Uncle here 'ull show	E
You how corn's popped long years ago	E
When me an' Santy Claus wuz boys	B2
On Pap's old place in Illinoise	B2
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An' your Pa too wuz chums all through	T
With Santy Wisht Pa'd be here too	T
Nen Uncle sigh at Ma an' she	B
Pat him again an' say to me	B
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An' Etty You take warning fair	Q
Don't talk too much like Uncle there	Q
Ner don't fergit like him my dears	B2
That 'little pitchers has big ears '	-
But Uncle say to her Clear out	D2
Yer brother knows what he's about	D2
You git your Chris'mus cookin' done	E
Er these pore childern won't have none	E
Nen Trip wake up an' raise an' nen	E
Turn roun' an' nen lay down again	E
An' one time Uncle Sidney say	B2
When dogs is sleepin' thataway	B
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Like Trip an' whimpers it's a sign	E
He'll ketch eight rabbits mayby nine	E
Afore his fleas'll wake him nen	E
He'll bite hisse'f to sleep again	E
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An try to dream he's go' ketch ten	E
An' when Ma's gone again back in	E
The kitchen Uncle scratch his chin	E
An' say When Santy Claus an' Pa	J
An' me wuz little boys an' Ma	J
When she's 'bout big as Etty there	Q
W'y 'When we're growed no matter where '	-
Santy he cross' his heart an' say	B2
'I'll come to see you all some day	B2
When you' got childerns all but me	B
An' pore old Sid ' Nen Uncle he	B
Ist kindo' shade his eyes an' pour'	Q
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'Bout forty 'leven bushels more	Q
O' popcorn out the skillut there	Q
In Ma's new basket on the chair	Q
An' nen he telled us an' talk' low	E
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So Ma can't hear he say You know	E
Yer Pa know' when he drived away	B2
Tomorry's go' be Chris'mus Day	B2
Well nen tonight he whisper see	B
It's go' be Chris'mus Eve says ee	B
An' like yer Pa hint when he went	L
Old Santy Claus now hush he's sent	L
Yer Pa a postul card an' write	C
He's shorely go' be here tonight	C
That's why yer Pa's so bored to be	B
Away tonight when Santy he	B
Is go' be here sleighbells an' all	I
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To make you kids a Chris'mus call	I
An' we're so glad to know fer shore	Q
He's comin' I roll on the floor	Q
An' here come Trip a waller'n' roun'	E
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An' purt' nigh knock the clo'eshorse down	E
An' Etty grab Lee Bob an' prance	B2
All roun' the room like it's a dance	B2
Till Ma she come an' march us nen	E
To dinner where we're still again	E
But tickled so we ist can't eat	Z
But pie an' ist the hot mincemeat	Z
With raisins in But Uncle et	F2
An' Ma An' there they set an' set	F2
Till purt' nigh supper time nen we	B
Tell him he's got to fix the Tree	B
'Fore Santy gits here like he said	F
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We go nen to the old woodshed	F
All bundled up through the deep snow	E
An' snowin' yet jee rooshy O	E
Uncle he said an' he'p us wade	G2
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Back where's the Chris'mus Tree he's made	G2
Out of a little jackoak top	H2
He git down at the sawmill shop	H2
An' Trip 'ud run ahead you know	E
An' 'tend like he 'uz eatin' snow	E
When we all waddle back with it	I2
An' Uncle set it up an' git	I2
It wite in front the fireplace 'cause	B2
He says 'Tain't so 'at Santy Claus	B2
Comes down all chimblies least tonight	I2
He's comin' in this house all right	I2
By the front door as ort to be	B
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We'll all be hid where we can see	B
Nen he look up an' he see Ma	J
An' say It's ist too bad their Pa	J
Can't be here so's to see the fun	E
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The childern will have ever' one	E
Well we We hardly couldn't wait	I2
Till it wuz dusk an' dark an' late	I2
Enough to light the lamp An' Lee	B
Bob light a candle on the Tree	B
Ist one 'cause I'm 'The Lighter' Nen	E
He clumb on Uncle's knee again	E
An' hug us bofe an' Etty git	I2
Her little chist an' set on it	I2
Wite clos't while Uncle telled some more	Q
'Bout Santy Claus an' clo'es he wore	Q
All maked o' furs an' trimmed as white	I2
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As cotton is er snow at night	I2
An' nen all sudden like he say	B2
Hush Listen there Hain't that a sleigh	B2
An' sleighbells jinglin' Trip go whooh	B
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Like he hear bells an' smell 'em too	I2
Nen we all listen An' sir shore	Q
Enough we hear bells more an' more	Q
A jinglin' clos'ter clos'ter still	J2
Down the old crook road roun' the hill	J2
An' Uncle he jumps up an' all	I
The chairs he jerks back by the wall	I
An' th'ows a' overcoat an' pair	Q
O' winder curtains over there	Q
An' says Hide quick er you're too late	I2
Them bells is stoppin' at the gate	I2
Git back o' them 'air chairs an' hide	I2
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'Cause I hear Santy's voice outside	I2
An' Bang bang bang we heerd the door	Q
Nen it flewed open an' the floor	Q
Blowed full o' snow that's first we saw	B2
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Till little Lee Bob shriek' at Ma	J
There's Santy Claus I know him by	S
His big white mufftash an' ist cry	S
An' laugh an' squeal an' dance an' yell	K2
Till when he quiet down a spell	K2
Old Santy bow an' th'ow a kiss	B2
To him an' one to me an' Sis	B2
An' nen go clos't to Ma an' stoop	L2
An' kiss her An' nen give a whoop	L2
That fainted her 'Cause when he bent	I2
An' kiss her he ist backed an' went	I2
Wite 'ginst the Chris'mus Tree ist where	Q
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The candle's at Lee Bob lit there	Q
An' set his white fur belt afire	Q
An' blaze streaked roun' his waist an' higher	Q
Wite up his old white beard an' th'oat	I2
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Nen Uncle grabs th' old overcoat	I2
An' flops it over Santy's head	I2
An' swing the door wide back an' said	I2
Come out old man an' quick about	I2
It I've ist got to put you out	I2
An' out he sprawled him in the snow	E
Now roll he says Hi roll ee O	E
An' Santy sputter'n' Ouch Gee whiz	B2
Ist roll an' roll fer all they is	B2
An' Trip he's out there too I know	E
'Cause I could hear him yappin' so	E
An' I heerd Santy wunst er twic't	I2
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Say as he's rollin' Drat the fice't	I2
Nen Uncle come back in an' shake	M2
Ma up an' say Fer mercy sake	M2
He hain't hurt none An' nen he said	I2
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You youngsters h'ist up stairs to bed	I2
Here kiss yer Ma 'Good night ' an' me	B
We'll he'p old Santy fix the Tree	B
An' all yer whistles horns an' drums	B2
I'll he'p you toot when morning comes	B2
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It's long while 'fore we go to sleep	N2
'Cause down stairs all time somepin' keep	N2
A kindo' scufflin' roun' the floors	B2
An' openin' doors an' shettin' doors	B2
An' could hear Trip a whinin' too	I2
Like he don't know ist what to do	I2
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An' tongs a clankin' down k'thump	O2
Nen some one squonkin' the old pump	O2
An' Wooh how cold it soun' out there	Q
I could ist see the pump spout where	Q
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It's got ice chin whiskers all wet	I2
An' drippy An' I see it yet	I2
An' nen seem like I hear some mens	B2
A talkin' out there by the fence	B2
An' one says Oh 'bout twelve o'clock	P2
Nen 'nother'n says Here's to you Doc	P2
God bless us ever' one An' nen	E
I heerd the old pump squonk again	E
An' nen I say my prayer all through	I2
Like Uncle Sidney learn' me to	I2
O Father mine e'en as Thine own	E
This child looks up to Thee alone	E
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Asleep or waking give him still	J2
His Elder Brother's wish and will	J2
An' that's the last I know Till Ma	J
She's callin' us an' so is Pa	J
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He holler Chris'mus gif' an' say	B2
I'm got back home fer Chris'mus Day	B2
An' Uncle Sid's here too an' he	B
Is nibblin' 'roun' yer Chris'mus Tree	B
Nen Uncle holler I suppose	B2
Yer Pa's so proud he's froze his nose	B2
He wants to turn it up at us	B2
'Cause Santy kick' up such a fuss	B2
Tetchin' hisse'f off same as ef	B2
He wuz his own fireworks hisse'f	B2
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An' when we're down stairs shore enough	B2
Pa's nose is froze an' salve an' stuff	B2
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All on it an' one hand's froze too	I2
An' got a old yarn red and blue	I2
Mitt on it An' he's froze some more	Q
Acrost his chist an' kindo' sore	Q
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All roun' his dy fram Uncle say	B2
But Pa he'd ort a seen the way	B2
Santy bear up last night when that	I2
Air fire break out an' quicker'n scat	I2
He's all a blazin' an' them 'air	Q
Gun cotton whiskers that he wear	Q
Ist flashin' till I burn a hole	X
In the snow with him and he roll	X
The front yard dry as Chris'mus jokes	B2
Old parents plays on little folks	B2
But long's a smell o' tow er wool	Q2
I kep' him rollin' beautiful	R2
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Till I wuz shore I shorely see	B
He's squenched W'y hadn't b'en fer me	B
That old man might a burnt clear down	E
Clean plum' level with the groun'	E
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Nen Ma say There Sid that'll do	I2
Breakfast is ready Chris'mus too	I2
Your voice 'ud soun' best sayin' Grace	B2
Say it An' Uncle bow' his face	B2
An' say so long a Blessing nen	E
Trip bark' two times 'fore it's A men	E