Joe’s Story
Sorrow in the night
Sorrow in the day
For a poor boy like me
Times are hard every day
Mama perished when I was born
Papa was half-dead, he was torn
The love he wanted was gone
He was stuck with a puny son
Sorrow in the night
Sorrow in the day
For a poor boy like me
Who cried his youth away
The sun came and the moon
Days were years somehow
But my papa was in bed
No hands touching the plow
Sorrow in the night
Sorrow in the day
For a poor boy like me
Nobody wiped tears away
One day I was grown
As always on my own
Birds and trees my friends
My papa did see his end
Sorrow in the night
Sorrow in the day
For a poor boy like me
Everyone was taken away
I still kept going like time
No matter the season
I am still going on
No matter the reason
Which words from the song contain an exaggeration (hyperbole)?
A. Mama perished when I was bornMama perished when I was born
B. No hands touching the plow No hands touching the plow
C. Each day was a year somehow Each day was a year somehow
D. Birds and trees my friends