Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EEAA FFGG HHII JJKK ABBA LMLM NL| Rock a by baby woolly and brown | A |
| There's a shout at the door an' a big red light | B |
| Lil' coon baby mammy is down | A |
| Han's that hold yuh are steady an' white | B |
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| Look piccaninny such a gran' blaze | C |
| Lickin' up the roof an' the sticks of home | D |
| Ever see the like in all yo' days | C |
| Cain't yuh sleep mah bit of honey comb | D |
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| Rock a by baby up to the sky | E |
| Look at the cherries driftin' by | E |
| Bright red cherries spilled on the groun' | A |
| Piping hot cherries at nuthin' a poun' | A |
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| Hush mah lil' black bug doan yuh weep | F |
| Daddy's run away an' mammy's in a heap | F |
| By her own fron' door in the blazin' heat | G |
| Outah the shacks like warts on the street | G |
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| An' the singin' flame an' the gleeful crowd | H |
| Circlin' aroun' won't mammy be proud | H |
| With a stone at her hade an' a stone on her heart | I |
| An' her mouth like a red plum broken apart | I |
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| See where the blue an' khaki prance | J |
| Adding brave colors to the dance | J |
| About the big bonfire white folks make | K |
| Such gran' doin's fo' a lil' coon's sake | K |
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| Hear all the eagah feet runnin' in town | A |
| See all the willin' han's reach outah night | B |
| Han's that are wonderful steady an' white | B |
| To toss up a lil' babe blinkin' an' brown | A |
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| Rock a by baby higher an' higher | L |
| Mammy is sleepin' an' daddy's run lame | M |
| Soun' may yuh sleep in yo' cradle o' fire | L |
| Rock a by baby hushed in the flame | M |
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| An incident of the East St Louis Race Riots when some white women flung | N |
| a living colored baby into the heart of a blazing fire | L |
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