Come Home, Father! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC EFGFHBIBJJ KJLJ EMNMOPQPJJ KJLJ EBRBSTSTJJ KJLJ| 'Tis The | A |
| SONG OF LITTLE MARY | B |
| Standing at the bar room door | C |
| While the shameful midnight revel | D |
| Rages wildly as before | C |
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| Father dear father come home with me now | E |
| The clock in the steeple strikes one | F |
| You said you were coming right home from the shop | G |
| As soon as your day's work was done | F |
| Our fire has gone out our house is all dark | H |
| And mother's been watching since tea | B |
| With poor brother Benny so sick in her arms | I |
| And no one to help her but me | B |
| Come home come home come home | J |
| Please father dear father come home | J |
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| Hear the sweet voice of the child | K |
| Which the night winds repeat as they roam | J |
| Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers | L |
| Please father dear father come home | J |
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| Father dear father come home with me now | E |
| The clock in the steeple strikes two | M |
| The night has grown colder and Benny is worse | N |
| But he has been calling for you | M |
| Indeed he is worse Ma says he will die | O |
| Perhaps before morning shall dawn | P |
| And this is the message she sent me to bring | Q |
| Come quickly or he will be gone | P |
| Come home come home come home | J |
| Please father dear father come home | J |
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| Hear the sweet voice of the child | K |
| Which the night winds repeat as they roam | J |
| Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers | L |
| Please father dear father come home | J |
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| Father dear father come home with me now | E |
| The clock in the steeple strikes three | B |
| The house is so lonely the hours are so long | R |
| For poor weeping mother and me | B |
| Yes we are alone poor Benny is dead | S |
| And gone with the angels of light | T |
| And these were the very last words that he said | S |
| I want to kiss Papa good night | T |
| Come home come home come home | J |
| Please father dear father come home | J |
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| Hear the sweet voice of the child | K |
| Which the night winds repeat as they roam | J |
| Oh who could resist this most plaintive of prayers | L |
| Please father dear father come home | J |
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