Massa-s In De Cold Ground Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACAC D ECAC AFAFAGAD HIHIJJJD| ROUND de meadows am a ringing | A |
| De darkeys mournful song | B |
| While de mocking bird am singing | A |
| Happy as de day am long | B |
| Where de ivy am a creeping | A |
| O er de grassy mound | C |
| Dere old massa am a sleeping | A |
| Sleeping in de cold cold ground | C |
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| Chorus | D |
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| Down in de corn field | E |
| Hear dat mournful sound | C |
| All de darkeys am a weeping | A |
| Massa s in de cold cold ground | C |
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| When de autumn leaves were falling | A |
| When de days were cold | F |
| T was hard to hear old massa calling | A |
| Cayse he was so weak and old | F |
| Now de orange tree am blooming | A |
| On de sandy shore | G |
| Now de summer days am coming | A |
| Massa nebber calls no more Chorus | D |
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| Massa make de darkeys love him | H |
| Cayse he was so kind | I |
| Now dey sadly weep above him | H |
| Mourning cayse he leave dem behind | I |
| I cannot work before to morrow | J |
| Cayse de tear drop flow | J |
| I try to drive away my sorrow | J |
| Pickin on de old banjo Chorus | D |
Stephen C. Foster
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