Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC AADDE AAFF GHGIGH JJF| 'Why do I sing Tra la la la la | A |
| Glad as a King Tra la la la la | A |
| Well since you ask | B |
| I have such a pleasant task | B |
| I can not help but sing | C |
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| 'Why do I smile Tra la la la la | A |
| Working the while Tra la la la la | A |
| Work like this is play | D |
| So I'm playing all the day | D |
| I can not help but smile | E |
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| 'So If you please Tra la la la la | A |
| Live at your ease Tra la la la la | A |
| You've only got to turn | F |
| And you see its bound to churn | F |
| I can not help but please ' | - |
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| The farmer pondered and scratched his head | G |
| Reading over each mystic word | H |
| 'Some o' the Dreamer's work ' he said | G |
| 'Ah here's more and name and date | I |
| In his hand write' ' And the good man read | G |
| ''Patent applied for July third | H |
| Eighteen hundred and forty eight' ' | - |
| The fragment fell from his nerveless grasp | J |
| His awed lips thrilled with the joyous gasp | J |
| 'I see the p'int to the whole concern | F |
| He's studied out a patent churn ' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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