Dolly's Lullaby. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFDD GGHH IIJJ KKGG| Hush a by Baby Your baby Mamma | A |
| No one but pussy may go where you are | B |
| Soft footed pussy alone may pass by | C |
| For if he wakens your baby will cry | C |
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| Hush a by Dolly My baby are you | D |
| Yellow haired Dolly with eyes of bright blue | D |
| Though I say Hush because Mother does so | E |
| You wouldn't cry like her baby I know | E |
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| Hush a by Baby Mamma walks about | F |
| Sings to you softly or rocks you without | F |
| If you slept sounder then I might walk too | D |
| Sing to my Dolly and rock her like you | D |
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| Hush a by Dolly Sleep sweetly my pet | G |
| Dear Mamma made you this fine berceaunette | G |
| Muslin and rose colour ribbon and lace | H |
| When had a baby a cosier place | H |
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| Hush a by Baby the baby who cries | I |
| Why dear Mamma don't you shut baby's eyes | I |
| Pull down his wire as I do you see | J |
| Lay him by Dolly and come out with me | J |
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| Hush a by Dolly Mamma will not speak | K |
| You my dear baby would sleep for a week | K |
| Poor Mamma's baby allows her no rest | G |
| Hush a by Dolly of babies the best | G |
Juliana Horatia Ewing
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