A Back-log Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FAFGHAHE HGHGHAHE BCBCHAHE| De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day | A |
| An' de chips has been a fallin' fa' an' thick | B |
| Dey has cut de bigges' hick'ry dat de mules kin tote away | A |
| An' dey's laid hit down and soaked it in de crik | B |
| Den dey tuk hit to de big house an' dey piled de wood erroun' | C |
| In de fiah place f'om ash flo' to de flue | D |
| While ol' Ezry sta'ts de hymn dat evah yeah has got to soun' | C |
| When de back log fus' commence a bu'nin' thoo | E |
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| Ol' Mastah is a smilin' on de da'kies f'om de hall | F |
| Ol' Mistus is a stannin' in de do' | A |
| An' de young folks males an' misses is a tryin' one an' all | F |
| Fu' to mek us feel hit 's Chrismus time fu' sho' | G |
| An' ouah hea'ts are full of pleasure fu' we know de time is ouahs | H |
| Fu' to dance er do jes' whut we wants to do | A |
| An' dey ain't no ovahseer an' no othah kind o' powahs | H |
| Dat kin stop us while dat log is bu'nin thoo | E |
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| Dey 's a wokin' in de qua'tahs a preparin' fu' de feas' | H |
| So de little pigs is feelin' kind o' shy | G |
| De chickens ain't so trus'ful ez dey was to say de leas' | H |
| An' de wise ol' hens is roostin' mighty high | G |
| You could n't git a gobblah fu' to look you in de face | H |
| I ain't sayin' whut de tu'ky 'spects is true | A |
| But hit's mighty dange'ous trav'lin' fu' de critters on de place | H |
| F'om de time dat log commence a bu'nin' thoo | E |
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| Some one's tunin' up his fiddle dah I hyeah a banjo's ring | B |
| An' bless me dat's de tootin' of a ho'n | C |
| Now dey 'll evah one be runnin' dat has got a foot to fling | B |
| An' dey 'll dance an' frolic on f'om now 'twell mo'n | C |
| Plunk de banjo scrap de fiddle blow dat ho'n yo' level bes' | H |
| Keep yo' min' erpon de chune an' step it true | A |
| Oh dey ain't no time fu' stoppin' an' dey ain't no time fu' res' | H |
| Fu' hit 's Chrismus an' de back log 's bu'nin' thoo | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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