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Barry Was A Little Tan

Noah Bradley 2011 (Lawrenceburg)

(Sung to Mary Had A Little Lamb)

Barry was a little tan
His skin was red as coals
Wherever Barry went the sun was sure to show
Barry forgot his sunscreen
And got burnt in the pool
He could hardly walk the next day
And didn't go to school
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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXXXAXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 238
Words 50
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 7
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