Puttin' The Baby Away Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFCABBEE DGAACCHH AAFFBBBB HHABBBAA| Eight of 'em hyeah all tol' an' yet | A |
| Dese eyes o' mine is wringin' wet | A |
| My haht's a achin' ha'd an' so' | B |
| De way hit nevah ached befo' | C |
| My soul's a pleadin' Lawd give back | D |
| Dis little lonesome baby black | D |
| Dis one dis las' po' he'pless one | E |
| Whose little race was too soon run | E |
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| Po' Little Jim des fo' yeahs ol' | F |
| A layin' down so still an' col' | F |
| Somehow hit don' seem ha'dly faih | C |
| To have my baby lyin' daih | A |
| Wi'dout a smile upon his face | B |
| Wi'dout a look erbout de place | B |
| He ust to be so full o' fun | E |
| Hit don' seem right dat all's done done | E |
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| Des eight in all but I don' caih | D |
| Dey wa'nt a single one to spaih | G |
| De worl' was big so was my haht | A |
| An' dis hyeah baby owned hit's paht | A |
| De house was po' dey clothes was rough | C |
| But daih was meat an' meal enough | C |
| An' daih was room fu' little Jim | H |
| Oh Lawd what made you call fu' him | H |
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| It do seem monst'ous ha'd to day | A |
| To lay dis baby boy away | A |
| I'd learned to love his teasin' smile | F |
| He mought o' des been lef' erwhile | F |
| You wouldn't t'ought wid all de folks | B |
| Dat's roun' hyeah mixin' teahs an' jokes | B |
| De Lawd u'd had de time to see | B |
| Dis chile an' tek him 'way f'om me | B |
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| But let it go I reckon Jim | H |
| 'Ll des go right straight up to Him | H |
| Dat took him f'om his mammy's nest | A |
| An' lef dis achin' in my breas' | B |
| An' lookin' in dat fathah's face | B |
| An' 'memberin' dis lone sorrerin' place | B |
| He'll say Good Lawd you ought to had | A |
| Do sumpin' fu' to comfo't dad | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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