A Cattleman's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG HHII JJKK LLMM| Now O Lord please lend thine ear | A |
| The prayer of the Cattleman to hear | A |
| No doubt many prayers to thee seem strange | B |
| But won't you bless this cattle range | B |
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| Bless the round up year by year | C |
| And don't forget the growing steer | C |
| Water the land with brooks and rills | D |
| For my cattle that roam a thousand hills | D |
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| Now O Lord won't you be good | E |
| And give our livestock plenty of food | F |
| And to avert a winter's woe | G |
| Give Italian skies and little snow | G |
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| Prairie fires won't you please stop | H |
| Let thunder roll and water drop | H |
| It frightens me to see the smoke | I |
| Unless it's stopped I'll go dead broke | I |
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| As you O Lord our herds behold | J |
| Which represents a sack of gold | J |
| I think at least five cents per pound | K |
| Should be the price of beef year round | K |
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| One more thing and then I'm through | L |
| Instead of one calf give my cows two | L |
| I may pray different than some others but then | M |
| I've had my say and now amen | M |
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