The Idyl Of Battle Hollow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHAA BBIIJJ KKLLMM NNDDOO EEDDOO PPDDAANo I won't thar now so And it ain't nothin' no | A |
And thar's nary to tell that you folks yer don't know | A |
And it's Belle tell us do and it's Belle is it true | B |
And Wot's this yer yarn of the Major and you | B |
Till I'm sick of it all so I am but I s'pose | C |
Thet is nothin' to you Well then listen yer goes | C |
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It was after the fight and around us all night | D |
Thar was poppin' and shootin' a powerful sight | D |
And the niggers had fled and Aunt Chlo was abed | E |
And Pinky and Milly were hid in the shed | E |
And I ran out at daybreak and nothin' was nigh | F |
But the growlin' of cannon low down in the sky | F |
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And I saw not a thing as I ran to the spring | G |
But a splintered fence rail and a broken down swing | G |
And a bird said Kerchee as it sat on a tree | H |
As if it was lonesome and glad to see me | H |
And I filled up my pail and was risin' to go | A |
When up comes the Major a canterin' slow | A |
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When he saw me he drew in his reins and then threw | B |
On the gate post his bridle and what does he do | B |
But come down where I sat and he lifted his hat | I |
And he says well thar ain't any need to tell that | I |
'Twas some foolishness sure but it 'mounted to this | J |
Thet he asked for a drink and he wanted a kiss | J |
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Then I said I was mad For the water my lad | K |
You're too big and must stoop for a kiss it's as bad | K |
You ain't near big enough And I turned in a huff | L |
When that Major he laid his white hand on my cuff | L |
And he says You're a trump Take my pistol don't fear | M |
But shoot the next man that insults you my dear | M |
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Then he stooped to the pool very quiet and cool | N |
Leavin' me with that pistol stuck there like a fool | N |
When thar flashed on my sight a quick glimmer of light | D |
From the top of the little stone fence on the right | D |
And I knew 'twas a rifle and back of it all | O |
Rose the face of that bushwhacker Cherokee Hall | O |
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Then I felt in my dread that the moment the head | E |
Of the Major was lifted the Major was dead | E |
And I stood still and white but Lord gals in spite | D |
Of my care that derned pistol went off in my fright | D |
Went off true as gospil and strangest of all | O |
It actooally injured that Cherokee Hall | O |
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Thet's all now go 'long Yes some folks thinks it's wrong | P |
And thar's some wants to know to what side I belong | P |
But I says Served him right and I go all my might | D |
In love or in war for a fair stand up fight | D |
And as for the Major sho gals don't you know | A |
Thet Lord thar's his step in the garden below | A |
Bret Harte (francis)
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