Hunting Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBDBEFFF GBGCFHFHIJIJ BBJBFJFJBKBK LFLFBFBFFBFB| Tek a cool night good an' cleah | A |
| Skiff o' snow upon de groun' | B |
| Jes' 'bout fall time o' de yeah | C |
| W'en de leaves is dry an brown | B |
| Tek a dog an' tek a axe | D |
| Tek a lantu'n in yo' han' | B |
| Step light whah de switches cracks | D |
| Fu' dey 's huntin' in de lan' | B |
| Down thoo de valleys an' ovah de hills | E |
| Into de woods whah de 'simmon tree grows | F |
| Wakin' an' skeerin' de po' whippo'wills | F |
| Huntin' fu' coon an' fu' 'possum we goes | F |
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| Blow dat ho'n dah loud an' strong | G |
| Call de dogs an' da'kies neah | B |
| Mek its music cleah an' long | G |
| So de folks at home kin hyeah | C |
| Blow it twell de hills an' trees | F |
| Sen's de echoes tumblin' back | H |
| Blow it twell de back'ard breeze | F |
| Tells de folks we 's on de track | H |
| Coons is a ramblin' an' 'possums is out | I |
| Look at dat dog you could set on his tail | J |
| Watch him now steady min' what you 's about | I |
| Bless me dat animal's got on de trail | J |
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| Listen to him ba'kin now | B |
| Dat means bus'ness sho 's you bo'n | B |
| Ef he's struck de scent I 'low | J |
| Dat ere 'possum's sholy gone | B |
| Knowed dat dog fu' fo'teen yeahs | F |
| An' I nevah seed him fail | J |
| Wen he sot dem flappin' eahs | F |
| An' went off upon a trail | J |
| Run Mistah 'Possum an' run Mistah Coon | B |
| No place is safe fu' yo' ramblin' to night | K |
| Mas' gin' de lantu'n an' God gin de moon | B |
| An' a long hunt gins a good appetite | K |
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| Look hyeah folks you hyeah dat change | L |
| Dat ba'k is sha'per dan de res' | F |
| Dat ere soun' ain't nothin' strange | L |
| Dat dog's talked his level bes' | F |
| Somep'n' 's treed I know de soun' | B |
| Dah now wha 'd I tell you see | F |
| Dat ere dog done run him down | B |
| Come hyeah he'p cut down dis tree | F |
| Ah Mistah 'Possum we got you at las' | F |
| Need n't play daid laying dah on de groun' | B |
| Fros' an' de 'simmons has made you grow fas' | F |
| Won't he be fine when he's roasted up brown | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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