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Me Wanna Pick Some Fruit

Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)

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Mama,
These girls
Here in Jamaica
Are very pretty
Them got
Long jett black
Curly hair
Butter brown skin
Ivory white smile
I think
I am
In love with them
Them bodies shaped
Like a glass coke cola bottle
Them walk around here
Basking in the yellow sunshine
Mama, them girls here
Too good for me
To let them go home
Me wanna pick some fruit
On this island of Jamaica
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Written on September 08, 2021

Submitted by gregory_g on September 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABACDEFGHIJKLMNONCPQA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 345
Words 71
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
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