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BRUDDER SIMS by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: DAH'S BRUDDER SIMS! DAST SLAM
Last Line: "WID FAITH,"" SEZ BRUDDER SIMS, ""AN' DEN YOU KNOW!"
Subject(s): BIBLE; GOD; PRAYER;

DAH'S Brudder Sims! Dast slam yo' Bible shet
An' lef' dat man alone -- kase he's de boss
Ob all de preachahs ev' I come across!
Day's no twis' in dat gospil book, I bet,
Ut Brudder Sims cain't splanify, an' set
You' min' at eaze! W'at's Moses an' de Laws?
W'at's fo'ty days an' nights ut Noey toss
Aroun' de Dil-ooge? -- W'at dem Chillen et
De Lo'd rain down? W'at s'prise ole Joney so
In dat whale's inna'ds? -- W'at dat lad dah mean
Ut Jacop see? -- an' wha' dat laddah go? --
Who clim dat laddah? -- Wha' dat laddah lean? --
An' wha' dat laddah now? "Dast chalk yo' toe
Wid Faith," sez Brudder Sims, "an' den you know!"



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