W'en I Gits Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDAAC DDEEC AADDC FFGGC| It's moughty tiahsome layin' 'roun' | A |
| Dis sorrer laden earfly groun' | A |
| An' oftentimes I thinks thinks I | B |
| 'T would be a sweet t'ing des to die | B |
| An' go 'long home | C |
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| Home whaih de frien's I loved 'll say | D |
| We've waited fu' you many a day | D |
| Come hyeah an' res' yo'se'f an' know | A |
| You's done wid sorrer an' wid woe | A |
| Now you's at home | C |
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| W'en I gits home some blessid day | D |
| I 'lows to th'ow my caihs erway | D |
| An' up an' down de shinin' street | E |
| Go singin' sof' an' low an' sweet | E |
| W'en I gits home | C |
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| I wish de day was neah at han' | A |
| I's tiahed of dis grievin' lan' | A |
| I's tiahed of de lonely yeahs | D |
| I want to des dry up my teahs | D |
| An' go 'long home | C |
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| Oh Mastah won't you sen' de call | F |
| My frien's is daih my hope my all | F |
| I 's waitin' whaih de road is rough | G |
| I want to hyeah you say Enough | G |
| Ol' man come home | C |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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