Dolly's Lullaby. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFDD GGHH IIJJ KKGG

Hush a by Baby Your baby MammaA
No one but pussy may go where you areB
Soft footed pussy alone may pass byC
For if he wakens your baby will cryC
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Hush a by Dolly My baby are youD
Yellow haired Dolly with eyes of bright blueD
Though I say Hush because Mother does soE
You wouldn't cry like her baby I knowE
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Hush a by Baby Mamma walks aboutF
Sings to you softly or rocks you withoutF
If you slept sounder then I might walk tooD
Sing to my Dolly and rock her like youD
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Hush a by Dolly Sleep sweetly my petG
Dear Mamma made you this fine berceaunetteG
Muslin and rose colour ribbon and laceH
When had a baby a cosier placeH
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Hush a by Baby the baby who criesI
Why dear Mamma don't you shut baby's eyesI
Pull down his wire as I do you seeJ
Lay him by Dolly and come out with meJ
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Hush a by Dolly Mamma will not speakK
You my dear baby would sleep for a weekK
Poor Mamma's baby allows her no restG
Hush a by Dolly of babies the bestG

Juliana Horatia Ewing



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