The Joy Of Getting Back Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DDEE FFGG HHII| There ain't the joy in foreign skies that those of home possess | A |
| An' friendliness o' foreign folks ain't hometown friendliness | B |
| An' far off landscapes with their thrills don't grip me quite as hard | C |
| As jes' that little patch o' green that's in my own backyard | C |
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| It's good to feel a stranger's hand grip heartily your own | D |
| It's good to see a stranger's smile when you are all alone | D |
| But though a stranger's grip is warm an' though his smile is sweet | E |
| There's something in the home folks' way that has the stranger's beat | E |
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| A railroad train that's outward bound bears many a man an' dame | F |
| Who think a thousand miles away the sunsets brighter flame | F |
| An' seekin' joys they think they lack they pack their grips an' roam | G |
| An' just as I they some day find the sweetest joys at home | G |
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| Away from home the girls are fair an' men are kind of heart | H |
| An' there you'll always find a few who sigh when you depart | H |
| But though you rode a million miles o'er gleaming railroad track | I |
| You'd never find a joy to beat the joy of gettin' back | I |
Edgar Albert Guest
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