A Southern Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD HIHI JDJD ABAB KL| Little honey baby shet yo' eyes up tight | A |
| Shadow man is comin' from de moon | B |
| You's as sweet as roses if dey is so pink an white | A |
| Shadow man ' get here mighty soon | B |
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| Little honey baby keep yo' footses still | C |
| Rocky bye oh rocky rocky bye | D |
| Hush yo' now an listen to dat lonesome whippo' will | C |
| Don't yo' fix yo' lip an start to cry | D |
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| Little honey baby stop dat winkin' quick | E |
| Hear de hoot owl in de cotton wood | F |
| Yess I sees yo' eyes adoin' dat dere triflin' trick | E |
| He gets chillun if dey isn't good | F |
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| Little honey baby what yo' think yo' see | G |
| Sister keep on climbin' to de sky | D |
| Dat's a June bug it aint got no stinger lak a bee | G |
| Reach de glory city by an by | D |
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| Little honey baby what yo' skeery at | H |
| Go down Moses down to Phar e oh | I |
| No dat isn't nuffin but a furry fly round bat | H |
| Say he'd betta let dose people go | I |
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| Little honey baby yo' is all ma own | J |
| Deed yo' is Yes dat's a fia fly | D |
| If I didn't hab yo' reckon I'd be all alone | J |
| Rocky bye oh rocky rocky bye | D |
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| Little honey baby shet yo' eyes up tight | A |
| Shadow man is comin' from de moon | B |
| You's as sweet as roses if dey is so pink and white | A |
| Shadow man ' get here mighty soon | B |
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| The lines in brackets are supposed to be sung or chanted | K |
| The Southern Mammy seldom sang a song through but interladed it with comments V S | L |
Virna Sheard
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