The American Girls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBC EEFGGFH IIJJIH KKLGGLM NNOPPOM JJQGGQHIIJJIH ABCDBC| Yes The land we love | A |
| Is a land of pretty girls | B |
| In grand variety | C |
| With their many colored eyes | D |
| And their multi colored curls | B |
| They'll steal thy heart from thee | C |
| - | |
| If you travel in the North | E |
| One will gleam in glory forth | E |
| With her blue eyes O so blue | F |
| And her flash of golden hair | G |
| Will be flirting in the air | G |
| While entrancing all the soul in you | F |
| Oho My Boy Oho | H |
| - | |
| Always for your weal and never for your woe | I |
| Your little heart will gallop on the go | I |
| And it will not give you rest | J |
| Within your manly breast | J |
| Till you land yourself in toto at her toe | I |
| Oho My Boy Oho | H |
| - | |
| If you travel in the South | K |
| You will find a rosy mouth | K |
| And a black eye O so black | L |
| And some strands of raven hair | G |
| Will purloin your heart just there | G |
| And you'll never get the poor thing back | L |
| Oho My Boy Oho Etc | M |
| - | |
| If you travel in the East | N |
| Your dear soul will have a feast | N |
| On a sweet eye O so sweet | O |
| And a most seductive curl | P |
| Will there give your heart a twirl | P |
| That will fling you at two queenly feet | O |
| Oho My Boy Oho Etc | M |
| - | |
| If you travel in the West | J |
| One shy glance will pierce your breast | J |
| From a bright eye O so bright | Q |
| And an auburn heaven of hair | G |
| Will so glorify the air | G |
| You'll surrender all your soul at sight | Q |
| Oho My Boy Oho | H |
| Always for your weal and never for your woe | I |
| Your little heart will gallop on the go | I |
| And it will not give you rest | J |
| Within your manly breast | J |
| Till you land yourself in toto at her toe | I |
| Oho My Boy Oho | H |
| - | |
| Thus the land we love | A |
| Is a land of pretty girls | B |
| In grand variety | C |
| With their many colored eyes | D |
| And their multi colored curls | B |
| They'll steal thy heart from thee | C |
A. H. Laidlaw
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