Good-by Er Howdy-do Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCAA DDEEFFDD EEGGHHEE| Say good by er howdy do | A |
| What's the odds betwixt the two | A |
| Comin' goin' ev'ry day | B |
| Best friends first to go away | B |
| Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold | C |
| Than their weight in solid gold | C |
| Slips their grip while greetin' you | A |
| Say good by er howdy do | A |
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| Howdy do and then good by | D |
| Mixes jes' like laugh and cry | D |
| Deaths and births and worst and best | E |
| Tangled their contrariest | E |
| Ev'ry jinglin' weddin' bell | F |
| Skeerin' up some funer'l knell | F |
| Here's my song and there's your sigh | D |
| Howdy do and then good by | D |
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| Say good by er howdy do | E |
| Jes' the same to me and you | E |
| 'Taint worth while to make no fuss | G |
| 'Cause the job's put up on us | G |
| Some One's runnin' this concern | H |
| That's got nothin' else to learn | H |
| Ef He's willin' we'll pull through | E |
| Say good by er howdy do | E |
James Whitcomb Riley
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