The Boy Crusader Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI AKLK MNON NPLQ RSTS UVWV XIMR YZA2Z TB2AB2 AC2D2C2LE2F2E2 G2H2I2A IH2MA| Oh father is that Jerusalem | A |
| Those walls and towers so strong | B |
| Ho boy we are yet in our own fair France | C |
| That is only Avignon | D |
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| Oh father are these the Jordan's banks | E |
| Let us rest in those vineyards fair | F |
| Ho boy these are only the banks of the Rhone | G |
| And we may not linger there | F |
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| Oh father I fear them the waves the waves | H |
| Is Jerusalem over the sea | I |
| Ay over the sea and then over the hills | J |
| But cling my boy to me | I |
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| Oh father is that Jerusalem | A |
| Like a shell of gold in the bay | K |
| Nay it is only Palermo boy | L |
| And this is Saint Rosalie's day | K |
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| Oh father I feared the sea but more | M |
| I fear this burning sand | N |
| Good cheer my boy take heart of grace | O |
| We tread upon holy land | N |
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| Oh father can it be Holy Land | N |
| With all this blood and death | P |
| That was Acre we stormed my boy | L |
| Now let us to Nazareth | Q |
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| Oh father the hills are so high so high | R |
| Is Jerusalem very far | S |
| Hush hush my boy and I'll tell you the tale | T |
| Of the Kings who followed the Star | S |
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| Oh father the hills are so steep so steep | U |
| Will Jerusalem soon be near | V |
| Boy what had it been had you carried the cross | W |
| Instead of your father's spear | V |
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| Oh father I am weary and faint | X |
| This must be Calvary | I |
| Good cheer my boy but one hill more | M |
| Jerusalem is nigh | R |
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| The men at arms have passed the ridge | Y |
| Hark boy how the warriors sing | Z |
| I only hear the sound of harps | A2 |
| And waters murmuring | Z |
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| Wake boy this is no time to fail | T |
| Oh best of happy hours | B2 |
| Behold at length Jerusalem | A |
| Its gates and domes and towers | B2 |
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| Father I see Jerusalem | A |
| Ah nearer than you deem | C2 |
| Your eyes are closed you see it not | D2 |
| Or see it in a dream | C2 |
| Your eyes are closed my boy my boy | L |
| Your face is to the West | E2 |
| Father I see it overhead | F2 |
| And oh so full of rest | E2 |
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| There are little children clothed in white | G2 |
| And angels leading them | H2 |
| There are streets of gold and gates of pearl | I2 |
| At last Jerusalem | A |
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| And our little Marie is beckoning me | I |
| In her hand a diadem | H2 |
| Father I must go on before | M |
| We'll meet in Jerusalem | A |
James Brunton Stephens
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