A Land Shanty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CCC DBDD EEE FBFFB G HB| Sou' sou' east with the course set fair | A |
| Heave ho me hearties | B |
| On the Geelong road we're cruisin' there | A |
| Seven tars with ne'er a care | A |
| Heave ho me hearties | B |
| - | |
| When up speaks Bill of trouble aft | C |
| But the bos'n grinned and the skipper laughed | C |
| An' 'e sez 'We'll trust the queer ole craft | C |
| Heave ho me hearties ' | - |
| - | |
| Stuns'ls mains'ls all were set | D |
| Heave ho me hearties | B |
| An' the fust mate sez 'We'll make port yet | D |
| For the seas are smooth so don't you fret | D |
| Heave ho me hearties ' | - |
| - | |
| But the steersman sez 'I doubt her feel | E |
| For she ain't responding to the wheel | E |
| An' I got me doubts of 'r starboard keel | E |
| But heave ho me hearties ' | - |
| - | |
| There weren't no sea tho' thegale was stiff | F |
| Heave ho me hearties | B |
| When this mad ole bad ole dry land skiff | F |
| Is a total loss in 'arf a jiff | F |
| Heave ho me hearties | B |
| - | |
| 'Dry land ' the skipper sez sez 'e | G |
| 'Is a 'ard 'ard spot give me the sea ' | - |
| An' so in 'ospital sez we | H |
| With a heave ho me hearties | B |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about A Land Shanty poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
Best Poems of Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis