Good Templars' Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF D HIJI KLMLNOPD FQRQSTUT| AIR 'O SUSANNAH ' | A |
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| Ye soldiers in the temperance cause | B |
| Our work is but begun | C |
| Oh sit not down in idleness | D |
| And think the field is won | C |
| Our lambs are straying from the fold | E |
| The wolves are on the track | F |
| Oh can you sit and see them go | G |
| Nor strive to bring them back | F |
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| Chorus | D |
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| O Good Templars | H |
| There's work for us to day | I |
| Then gird your armor on again | J |
| And only pause to pray | I |
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| Whichever way the eye may turn | K |
| It sees the rum shop stand | L |
| With open door and flowing bowl | M |
| A viper in the land | L |
| The grapes are hanging from the vines | N |
| All ready for the press | O |
| Before behind on every side | P |
| Are seeds of drunkenness | D |
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| Our foes are all untiring | F |
| But God is with the right | Q |
| And we will conquer at the last | R |
| Then onward to the fight | Q |
| Ay onward to the battle field | S |
| Each woman child and man | T |
| King Alcohol shall yet go down | U |
| With all his demon clan | T |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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