Uncle Joe's Hail Columbia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDED FDFD BBBDCDCD EBEDEDED CBCDCDCD EBEDCDCD| Uncle Joe comes home a singing | A |
| Hail Columby | B |
| Glorious times de Lord is bringin' | C |
| Now let me die | D |
| Fling the chains into the ribber | E |
| Lay de burden by | D |
| Dar is one who will delibber | E |
| Now let me die | D |
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| Ring de Bells in eb'ry steeple | F |
| Raise the Flag on high | D |
| De Lord has come to Sabe the people | F |
| Now let me die | D |
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| Bressed days I lib to see dem | B |
| Hail Columby | B |
| I hab drawn a breff of freedom | B |
| Now let me die | D |
| Ninety years I bore the burden | C |
| Den he heard me cry | D |
| Standin' on de banks ob Jordan | C |
| Now let me die | D |
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| Dis is what the war was brought for | E |
| Hail Columby | B |
| Dis is what our faders fought for | E |
| Now let me die | D |
| Dar's an end to all dis sorrow | E |
| Comin' by and by | D |
| Prayin' for dat bressed morrow | E |
| Now let me die | D |
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| I hab seen de rebels beaten | C |
| Hail Columby | B |
| I Hab seen dar boots retreatin' | C |
| Now let me die | D |
| O dis Union can't be broken | C |
| Dar's no use to try | D |
| No sech thing the Lord has spoken | C |
| Now let me die | D |
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| I'll go home a singing Glory | E |
| Hail Columby | B |
| Since I heard dis bressed story | E |
| Now let me die | D |
| 'Tis de ransom ob de nation | C |
| Drawing' now so nigh | D |
| 'Tis de day ob full salbation | C |
| Now let me die | D |
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