When Sam'l Sings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GCGCFHFH BIGIIJGJ GKCKKBGB GFGFF KJ KGF BJFJ| Hyeah dat singin' in de medders | A |
| Whaih de folks is mekin' hay | B |
| Wo'k is pretty middlin' heavy | C |
| Fu' a man to be so gay | B |
| You kin tell dey 's somep'n special | D |
| F'om de canter o' de song | E |
| Somep'n sholy pleasin' Sam'l | F |
| W'en he singin' all day long | E |
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| Hyeahd him wa'blin' 'way dis mo'nin' | G |
| 'Fo' 't was light enough to see | C |
| Seem lak music in de evenin' | G |
| Allus good enough fu' me | C |
| But dat man commenced to hollah | F |
| 'Fo' he 'd even washed his face | H |
| Would you b'lieve de scan'lous rascal | F |
| Woke de birds erroun' de place | H |
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| Sam'l took a trip a Sad'day | B |
| Dressed hisse'f in all he had | I |
| Tuk a cane an' went a strollin' | G |
| Lookin' mighty pleased an' glad | I |
| Some folks don' know whut de mattah | I |
| But I do you bet yo' life | J |
| Sam'l smilin' an' a singin' | G |
| 'Case he been to see his wife | J |
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| She live on de fu' plantation | G |
| Twenty miles erway er so | K |
| But huh man is mighty happy | C |
| Wen he git de chanst to go | K |
| Walkin' allus ain' de nices' | K |
| Mo'nin' fin's him on de way | B |
| But he allus comes back smilin' | G |
| Lak his pleasure was his pay | B |
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| Den he do a heap o' talkin' | G |
| Do' he mos'ly kin' o' still | F |
| But de wo'ds dey gits to runnin' | G |
| Lak de watah fu' a mill | F |
| 'Whut 's de use o' havin' trouble | F |
| Whut 's de use o' havin' strife ' | - |
| Dat 's de way dis Sam'l preaches | K |
| W'en he been to see his wife | J |
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| An' I reckon I git jealous | K |
| Fu' I laff an' joke an' sco'n | G |
| An' I say 'Oh go on Sam'l | F |
| Des go on an' blow yo' ho'n ' | - |
| But I know dis comin' Sad'day | B |
| Dey 'll be brighter days in life | J |
| An' I 'll be ez glad ez Sam'l | F |
| W'en I go to see my wife | J |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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