Puttin' The Baby Away Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFCABBEE DGAACCHH AAFFBBBB HHABBBAAEight 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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