Our Hired Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDCDDEEEFF GHGIJKLKLLEEEKK MNMNMMKMKKEEEKK| Our hired girl she's 'Lizabuth Ann | A |
| An' she can cook best things to eat | B |
| She ist puts dough in our pie pan | A |
| An' pours in somepin' 'at's good an' sweet | B |
| An' nen she salts it all on top | C |
| With cinnamon an' nen she'll stop | C |
| An' stoop an' slide it ist as slow | D |
| In th' old cook stove so's 'twon't slop | C |
| An' git all spilled nen bakes it so | D |
| It's custard pie first thing you know | D |
| An' nen she'll say | E |
| Clear out o' my way | E |
| They's time fer work an' time fer play | E |
| Take yer dough an' run child run | F |
| Er I cain't git no cookin' done | F |
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| When our hired girl 'tends like she's mad | G |
| An' says folks got to walk the chalk | H |
| When she's around er wisht they had | G |
| I play out on our porch an' talk | I |
| To Th' Raggedy Man 'at mows our lawn | J |
| An' he says Whew an' nen leans on | K |
| His old crook scythe and blinks his eyes | L |
| An' sniffs all 'round an' says I swawn | K |
| Ef my old nose don't tell me lies | L |
| It 'pears like I smell custard pies | L |
| An' nen he'll say | E |
| Clear out o' my way | E |
| They's time fer work an' time fer play | E |
| Take yer dough an' run child run | K |
| Er she cain't git no cookin' done | K |
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| Wunst our hired girl when she | M |
| Got the supper an' we all et | N |
| An' it wuz night an' Ma an' me | M |
| An' Pa went wher' the Social met | N |
| An' nen when we come home an' see | M |
| A light in the kitchen door an' we | M |
| Heerd a maccordeun Pa says Lan' | K |
| O' Gracious who can her beau be | M |
| An' I marched in an' 'Lizabuth Ann | K |
| Wuz parchin' corn fer The Raggedy Man | K |
| Better say | E |
| Clear out o' the way | E |
| They's time fer work an' time fer play | E |
| Take the hint an' run child run | K |
| Er we cain't git no courtin' done | K |
James Whitcomb Riley
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