De Critters' Dance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD AAEE FFGF FHFG IIJJ KKLL AADD MMNN MMB FFAAAin't nobody nevah tol' you not a wo'd a tall | A |
'Bout de time dat all de critters gin dey fancy ball | A |
Some folks tell it in a sto'y some folks sing de rhyme | B |
'Peahs to me you ought to hyeahed it case hit 's ol' ez time | B |
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Well de critters all was p'osp'ous now would be de chance | C |
Fu' to tease ol' Pa'son Hedgehog givin' of a dance | C |
Case you know de critters' preachah was de stric'est kin' | D |
An' he nevah made no 'lowance fu' de frisky min' | D |
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So dey sont dey inbitations Raccoon writ 'em all | A |
Dis hyeah note is to inbite you to de Fancy Ball | A |
Come erlong an' bring yo' ladies bring yo' chillun too | E |
Put on all yo' bibs an' tuckahs show whut you kin do | E |
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W'en de night come dey all gathahed in a place dey knowed | F |
Fu' enough erway f'om people nigh enough de road | F |
All de critters had ersponded Hop Toad up to Baih | G |
An' I 's hyeah to tell you Pa'son Hedgehog too was daih | F |
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Well dey talked an' made dey 'bejunce des lak critters do | F |
An' dey walked an' p'omenaded 'roun' an' thoo an' thoo | H |
Jealous ol' Mis' Fox she whispah See Mis' Wildcat daih | F |
Ain't hit scan'lous huh a comin' wid huh shouldahs baih | G |
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Ol' man T'utle was n't honin' fu' no dancin' tricks | I |
So he stayed by ol' Mis' Tu'tle talkin' politics | I |
Den de ban' hit 'mence a playin' critters all to place | J |
Fou' ercross an' fou' stan' sideways smilin' face to face | J |
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'Fessah Frog he play de co'net Cricket play de fife | K |
Slews o' Grasshoppahs a fiddlin' lak to save dey life | K |
Mistah Crow 'he call de figgers settin' in a tree | L |
Huh uh how dose critters sasshayed was a sight to see | L |
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Mistah Possom swing Mis' Rabbit up an' down de flo' | A |
Ol' man Baih he ain't so nimble an' it mek him blow | A |
Raccoon dancin' wid Mis' Squ'il squeeze huh little han' | D |
She say Oh now ain't you awful quit it goodness lan' | D |
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Pa'son Hedgehog groanin' awful at his converts' shines | M |
'Dough he peepin' thoo his fingahs at dem movin' lines | M |
'Twell he cain't set still no longah w'en de fiddles sing | N |
Up he jump an' bless you honey cut de pigeon wing | N |
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Well de critters lak to fainted jes' wid dey su'prise | M |
Sistah Fox she vowed she was n't gwine to b'lieve huh eyes | M |
But dey could n't be no 'sputin' 'bout it any mo' | B |
Pa'son Hedgehog was a cape'in' all erroun' de flo ' | - |
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Den dey all jes' capahed scan'lous case dey did n't doubt | F |
Dat dey still could go to meetin' who could tu'n 'em out | F |
So wid dancin' an' uligion dey was in de fol' | A |
Fu' a dancin' wid de Pa'son couldn't hu't de soul | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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