The Down-hill Track Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKF BLBLMFMF NHFHOKPK| The dawnin' of prosperity | A |
| Recalls said old George Jones | B |
| When I was young a song we sung | C |
| In none too sober tones | B |
| When easy breezy days were here | D |
| An' cash was wildly spent | E |
| Small good it done to anyone | F |
| But this is how it went | E |
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| 'Oh toil with a will to the summit of the hill | G |
| It's the luggin' an' the tuggin' does the trick | H |
| But be careful of the dropp when you've labored to the top | I |
| An' the fool who makes the pace too quick | H |
| For there's more loads spilled an' there's more men killed | J |
| Where the road runs to the valley down below | K |
| So restrain that eager itchin' sit well back into the britchin' | F |
| Go slow Sonny lad go slow ' | - |
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| I've lived me life said old George Jones | B |
| An' learned me lesson well | L |
| The pampered flesh clothes no old bones | B |
| As history's headstones tell | L |
| The 'Champagne Charlies' of my day | M |
| The short an' merry run | F |
| High livin's tucked more men away | M |
| Than hard times ever done | F |
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| Oh dig in yer toes where the up'ard track it goes | N |
| It's the strivin' an' the drivin' does the trick | H |
| But take it steady son when yer on the down'ard run | F |
| 'Tis the fool who makes the pace too quick | H |
| For the most men trips when the down grade dips | O |
| An' there's more stones a'lurkin' for your toe | K |
| Save yer wind an' spare yer muscle for the next long uphill tussle | P |
| Go slow Sonny lad go slow | K |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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