Iry And Billy Jo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABBA CDCDEEAA AFAFEEEEEE GHGHIIEE JKJKELLEEEIry an' Billy an' Jo | A |
Iry an' Billy's the boys | B |
An' Jo's their dog you know | A |
Their pictures took all in a row | A |
Bet they kin kick up a noise | B |
Iry and Billy the boys | B |
And that air little dog Jo | A |
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Iry's the one 'at stands | C |
Up there a lookin' so mild | D |
An' meek with his hat in his hands | C |
Like such a 'bediant child | D |
Sakes alive An' Billy he sets | E |
In the cheer an' holds onto Jo an' sweats | E |
Hisse'f a lookin' so good Ho ho | A |
Iry an' Billy an' Jo | A |
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Yit the way them boys you know | A |
Usen to jes turn in | F |
An' fight over that dog Jo | A |
Wuz a burnin' shame an' a sin | F |
Iry he'd argy 'at by gee whizz | E |
That air little Jo dog wuz his | E |
An' Billy he'd claim it wuzn't so | E |
'Cause the dog wuz his'n An' at it they'd go | E |
Nip an' tugg tooth an' toenail you know | E |
Iry an' Billy an' Jo | E |
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But their Pa He wuz the marshal then | G |
He 'tended like 'at he jerked 'em up | H |
An' got a jury o' Brickyard men | G |
An' helt a trial about the pup | H |
An' he says he jes like to a died | I |
When the rest o' us town boys testified | I |
Regardin' you know | E |
Iry an' Billy an' Jo | E |
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'Cause we all knowed when the Gypsies they | J |
Camped down here by the crick last Fall | K |
They brung Jo with 'em an' give him away | J |
To Iry an' Billy fer nothin' at all | K |
So the jury fetched in the verdick so | E |
Jo he ain't neether o' theirn fer shore | L |
He's both their dog an' jes no more | L |
An' so | E |
They've quit quarrelin' long ago | E |
Iry an' Billy an' Jo | E |
James Whitcomb Riley
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