The Turning Of The Babies In The Bed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCC CCDE BBFF BBCC BBBB| Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat | A |
| She's a mess o' funny capahs f'om huh slippahs to huh hat | A |
| Ef you tries to un'erstan' huh an' you fails des' up an' say | B |
| D' ain't a bit o' use to try to un'erstan' a woman's way | B |
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| I don' mean to be complainin' but I 's jes' a settin' down | C |
| Some o' my own obserwations w'en I cas' my eye eroun' | C |
| Ef you ax me fu' to prove it I ken do it mighty fine | C |
| Fu' dey ain't no bettah 'zample den dis ve'y wife o' mine | C |
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| In de ve'y hea't o' midnight w'en I 's sleepin' good an' soun' | C |
| I kin hyeah a so't o' rustlin' an' somebody movin' 'roun' | C |
| An' I say Lize whut you doin' But she frown an' shek huh haid | D |
| Heish yo' mouf I's only tu'nin' of de chillun in de bed | E |
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| Don' you know a chile gits restless layin' all de night one way | B |
| An' you' got to kind o' 'range him sev'al times befo' de day | B |
| So de little necks won't worry an' de little backs won't break | F |
| Don' you t'ink case chillun 's chillun dey hain't got no pain an' ache | F |
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| So she shakes 'em an' she twists 'em an' she tu'ns 'em 'roun' erbout | B |
| 'Twell I don' see how de chillun evah keeps f'om hollahin' out | B |
| Den she lif's 'em up head down'ards so's dey won't git livahgrown | C |
| But dey snoozes des' ez peaceful ez a liza'd on a stone | C |
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| W'en hit's mos' nigh time fu' wakin' on de dawn o' jedgment day | B |
| Seems lak I kin hyeah ol' Gab'iel lay his trumpet down an' say | B |
| Who dat walkin' 'roun' so easy down on earf ermong de dead | B |
| 'T will be Lizy up a tu'nin' of de chillun in de bed | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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