A Banjo Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEBE BBFBFEGE CHIHBJGJ FKBKLMGM LFNFNBBB FONPLNBN GGFGGQFQ FRMRLEGE| Oh dere 's lots o' keer an' trouble | A |
| In dis world to swaller down | B |
| An' ol' Sorrer 's purty lively | C |
| In her way o' gittin' roun' | B |
| Yet dere's times when I furgit em | D |
| Aches an' pains an' troubles all | E |
| An' it's when I tek at ebenin' | B |
| My ol' banjo f'om de wall | E |
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| 'Bout de time dat night is fallin' | B |
| An' my daily wu'k is done | B |
| An' above de shady hilltops | F |
| I kin see de settin' sun | B |
| When de quiet restful shadders | F |
| Is beginnin' jes' to fall | E |
| Den I take de little banjo | G |
| F'om its place upon de wall | E |
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| Den my fam'ly gadders roun' me | C |
| In de fadin' o' de light | H |
| Ez I strike de strings to try 'em | I |
| Ef dey all is tuned er right | H |
| An' it seems we 're so nigh heaben | B |
| We kin hyeah de angels sing | J |
| When de music o' dat banjo | G |
| Sets my cabin all er ring | J |
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| An' my wife an' all de othahs | F |
| Male an' female small an' big | K |
| Even up to gray haired granny | B |
| Seem jes' boun' to do a jig | K |
| 'Twell I change de style o' music | L |
| Change de movement an' de time | M |
| An' de ringin' little banjo | G |
| Plays an ol' hea't feelin' hime | M |
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| An' somehow my th'oat gits choky | L |
| An' a lump keeps tryin' to rise | F |
| Lak it wan'ed to ketch de water | N |
| Dat was flowin' to my eyes | F |
| An' I feel dat I could sorter | N |
| Knock de socks clean off o' sin | B |
| Ez I hyeah my po' ol' granny | B |
| Wif huh tremblin' voice jine in | B |
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| Den we all th'ow in our voices | F |
| Fu' to he'p de chune out too | O |
| Lak a big camp meetin' choiry | N |
| Tryin' to sing a mou'nah th'oo | P |
| An' our th'oahts let out de music | L |
| Sweet an' solemn loud an' free | N |
| 'Twell de raftahs o' my cabin | B |
| Echo wif de melody | N |
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| Oh de music o' de banjo | G |
| Quick an' deb'lish solemn slow | G |
| Is de greates' joy an' solace | F |
| Dat a weary slave kin know | G |
| So jes' let me hyeah it ringin' | G |
| Dough de chune be po' an' rough | Q |
| It's a pleasure an' de pleasures | F |
| O' dis life is few enough | Q |
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| Now de blessed little angels | F |
| Up in heaben we are told | R |
| Don't do nothin' all dere lifetime | M |
| 'Ceptin' play on ha'ps o' gold | R |
| Now I think heaben 'd be mo' homelike | L |
| Ef we 'd hyeah some music fall | E |
| F'om a real ol' fashioned banjo | G |
| Like dat one upon de wall | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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