George Jones Reflects Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCE FGHHGIGIIG DGDG JKL FGMMGNLNNL| It's up an' down as me father said | A |
| An' his as went before him | B |
| Good days could never turn his head | A |
| Nor the worst of seasons floor him | B |
| Said old george Jones I've heard him say | C |
| Full many a time an' often | D |
| 'The man who knows no evil day | C |
| Ain't toughened so he can out stay | C |
| Good times in which men soften ' | E |
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| See saw 'Tis the older law | F |
| That's ruled the world since Adam | G |
| If men ain't sipped the bitter cup | H |
| How can the good days cheer 'em up | H |
| They never know they had 'em | G |
| So by an' large I'm sorter glad | I |
| I've had a chance to share 'em | G |
| These long lean years we've lately had | I |
| Now good years come we've got the bad | I |
| With which we can compare 'em | G |
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| I've heard men say the land is done | D |
| Because the hard times fool 'em | G |
| Poor simple loons they ain't begun | D |
| To know the laws wot rule 'em | G |
| 'Men ain't learned yet to live on air ' | - |
| I've hard my ole dad chuckle | J |
| 'Stick to the land All wealth lies where | K |
| Earth bids all men to seek it e'er | L |
| When life gets near the knuckle ' | - |
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| See saw 'Tis the olden law | F |
| An' laws help them as learned 'em | G |
| An' us ole stagers wot held fast | M |
| To earth now clear days down at last | M |
| Why praise the Lord we've earned 'em | G |
| Hard earned said old George Jones most ways | N |
| High prized New loads is lighter | L |
| Us who held fast can well spare praise | N |
| Aye even for then strengthenin' days | N |
| That makes these good days brighter | L |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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