A Cattleman's Prayer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG HHII JJKK LLMMNow 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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