De Critters' Dance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD AAEE FFGF FHFG IIJJ KKLL AADD MMNN MMB FFAA

Ain't nobody nevah tol' you not a wo'd a tallA
'Bout de time dat all de critters gin dey fancy ballA
Some folks tell it in a sto'y some folks sing de rhymeB
'Peahs to me you ought to hyeahed it case hit 's ol' ez timeB
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Well de critters all was p'osp'ous now would be de chanceC
Fu' to tease ol' Pa'son Hedgehog givin' of a danceC
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 allA
Dis hyeah note is to inbite you to de Fancy BallA
Come erlong an' bring yo' ladies bring yo' chillun tooE
Put on all yo' bibs an' tuckahs show whut you kin doE
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W'en de night come dey all gathahed in a place dey knowedF
Fu' enough erway f'om people nigh enough de roadF
All de critters had ersponded Hop Toad up to BaihG
An' I 's hyeah to tell you Pa'son Hedgehog too was daihF
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Well dey talked an' made dey 'bejunce des lak critters doF
An' dey walked an' p'omenaded 'roun' an' thoo an' thooH
Jealous ol' Mis' Fox she whispah See Mis' Wildcat daihF
Ain't hit scan'lous huh a comin' wid huh shouldahs baihG
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Ol' man T'utle was n't honin' fu' no dancin' tricksI
So he stayed by ol' Mis' Tu'tle talkin' politicsI
Den de ban' hit 'mence a playin' critters all to placeJ
Fou' ercross an' fou' stan' sideways smilin' face to faceJ
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'Fessah Frog he play de co'net Cricket play de fifeK
Slews o' Grasshoppahs a fiddlin' lak to save dey lifeK
Mistah Crow 'he call de figgers settin' in a treeL
Huh uh how dose critters sasshayed was a sight to seeL
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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 blowA
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' shinesM
'Dough he peepin' thoo his fingahs at dem movin' linesM
'Twell he cain't set still no longah w'en de fiddles singN
Up he jump an' bless you honey cut de pigeon wingN
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Well de critters lak to fainted jes' wid dey su'priseM
Sistah Fox she vowed she was n't gwine to b'lieve huh eyesM
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 doubtF
Dat dey still could go to meetin' who could tu'n 'em outF
So wid dancin' an' uligion dey was in de fol'A
Fu' a dancin' wid de Pa'son couldn't hu't de soulA

Paul Laurence Dunbar



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