The Old Hay-mow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEE EEFF GGHH IJFF KKLM| The Old Hay mow's the place to play | A |
| Fer boys when it's a rainy day | A |
| I good 'eal ruther be up there | B |
| Than down in town er anywhere | B |
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| When I play in our stable loft | C |
| The good old hay's so dry an' soft | D |
| An' feels so fine an' smells so sweet | E |
| I 'most ferget to go an' eat | E |
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| An' one time wunst I did ferget | E |
| To go 'tel dinner was all et | E |
| An' they had short cake an' Bud he | F |
| Hogged up the piece Ma saved fer me | F |
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| Nen I won't let him play no more | G |
| In our hay mow where I keep store | G |
| An' got hen eggs to sell an' shoo | H |
| The cackle un old hen out too | H |
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| An' nen when Aunty she was here | I |
| A visitun from Rensselaer | J |
| An' bringed my little cousin he | F |
| Can come up there an' play with me | F |
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| But after while when Bud he bets | K |
| 'At I can't turn no summersetts | K |
| I let him come up ef he can | L |
| Ac' ha'f way like a gentleman | M |
James Whitcomb Riley
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