The poem discusses how vowel pairs are pronounced in English words. When two vowels go side by side, the first vowel makes the dominant sound and the second vowel has little to no sound. Some examples given are that "OA" makes an "O" sound in words like "goat" and "boat", while "AI" makes an "A" sound in words like "train" and "rain". The poem reinforces that the first vowel "does the talking" and is the sound we hear, while the second vowel "steers clear of our ears".

1. When Two Vowels Go
Walkin’
When you take two vowels and put them
side by side,
The second is the follower, the first one is
there to guide.
O plus A makes O E plus A makes E
When trying to figure out the sound, the
first vowel is the key.

2. When two vowels go walkin’
The first one does the talkin’
The first vowel is the sound that we
hear.

3. When two vowels go
walkin’
The first one does the talkin’
The second vowel steers clear
of our ears.

4. OA makes an “O”sound
in
goat
and
boat
We don’t hear the A
sound at all

5. AI makes an “A”sound in
train
and
rain
And plain where the
rain starts to fall

6. When two vowels go walkin’
The first one does the talkin’
The first vowel is the sound that we
hear.

7. When two vowels go
walkin’
The first one does the talkin’
The second vowel steers clear
of our ears.

8. EA makes an “E”sound in
beat
meat
The A doesn’t make
any sound
and

9. OE makes an “O”sound
in
doe and
woe
And toe that’s atappin’
the ground

10. When two vowels go walkin’
The first one does the talkin’
The first vowel is the sound that we
hear.

11. When two vowels go
walkin’
The first one does the talkin’
The second vowel steers clear
of our ears.