When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCB DDEECCF EEFFCCF EEGGCCF HHEECCF| W'en us fellers stomp around makin' lots o' noise | A |
| Gramma says There's certain times come to little boys | A |
| W'en they need a shingle or the soft side of a plank | B |
| She says we're a itchin' for a right good spank | B |
| An' she says Now thes you wait | C |
| It's a comin' soon or late | C |
| W'en a feller's itchin' fer a spank | B |
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| W'en a feller's out o' school you know how he feels | D |
| Gramma says we wriggle 'roun' like a lot o' eels | D |
| W'y it's like a man that's thes home from out o' jail | E |
| What's the use o' scoldin' if we pull Tray's tail | E |
| Gramma says tho' Thes you wait | C |
| It's a comin' soon or late | C |
| You'se the boys that's itchin' to be spanked | F |
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| Cats is funny creatures an' I like to make 'em yowl | E |
| Gramma alwus looks at me with a awful scowl | E |
| An' she says Young gentlemen mamma should be thanked | F |
| Ef you'd get your knickerbockers right well spanked | F |
| An' she says Now thes you wait | C |
| It's a comin' soon or late | C |
| When a feller's itchin' to be spanked | F |
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| Ef you fin' the days is gettin' awful hot in school | E |
| An' you know a swimmin' place where it's nice and cool | E |
| Er you know a cat fish hole brimmin' full o' fish | G |
| Whose a goin' to set around school and wish | G |
| 'Tain't no use to hide your bait | C |
| It's a comin soon or late | C |
| Wen a feller's itchin' to be spanked | F |
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| Ol' folks know most ever'thing 'bout the world I guess | H |
| Gramma does we wish she knowed thes a little less | H |
| But I alwus kind o' think it 'ud be as well | E |
| Ef they wouldn't alwus have to up an' tell | E |
| We kids wish 'at they'd thes wait | C |
| It's a comin' soon or late | C |
| Wen a feller's itchin' to be spanked | F |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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