Boy O' Mine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAABB AAAACC DDEEFF AAAAA| 'Boy o' mine boy o' mine this is my prayer for you | A |
| This is my dream and my thought and my care for you | A |
| Strong be the spirit which dwells in the breast of you | A |
| Never may folly or shame get the best of you | A |
| You shall be tempted in fancied security | B |
| But make no choice that is stained with impurity | B |
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| Boy o' mine boy o' mine time shall command of you | A |
| Thought from the brain of you work from the hand of you | A |
| Voices of pleasure shall whisper and call to you | A |
| Luring you far from the hard tasks that fall to you | A |
| Then as you're meeting life's bitterest test of men | C |
| God grant you strength to be true as the best of men | C |
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| Boy o' mine boy o' mine singing your way along | D |
| Cling to your laughter and cheerfully play along | D |
| Kind to your neighbor be offer your hand to him | E |
| You shall grow great as your heart shall expand to him | E |
| But when for victory sweet you are fighting there | F |
| Know that your record of life you are writing there | F |
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| Boy o' mine boy o' mine this is my prayer for you | A |
| Never may shame pen one line of despair for you | A |
| Never may conquest or glory mean all to you | A |
| Cling to your honor whatever shall fall to you | A |
| Rather than victory rather than fame to you | A |
| Choose to be true and let nothing bring shame to you ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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