The Chant Of The Cross-bearing Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABB CCBB DDDBB BBB BB EEEEEBB EEEEEEBB FFFFFFFB| I bear dis cross dis many a mile | A |
| O de cross bearin' chile | B |
| De cross bearin' chile | B |
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| I bear dis cross 'long many a road | C |
| Wha' de pink ain't bloom' an' de grass done mowed | C |
| O de cross bearin' chile | B |
| De cross bearin' chile | B |
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| Hits on my conscience all dese days | D |
| Fo' ter bear de cross ut de good Lord lays | D |
| On my po' soul an' ter lif my praise | D |
| O de cross bearin' chile | B |
| De cross bearin' chile | B |
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| I 's nigh 'bout weak ez I mos' kin be | B |
| Yit de Marstah call an' He say 'You 's free | B |
| Fo' ter 'cept dis cross an' ter cringe yo' knee | B |
| To no n'er man in de worl' but me ' | - |
| O de cross bearin' chile | B |
| De cross bearin' chile | B |
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| Says you guess wrong ef I let you guess | E |
| Says you 'spec' mo' an' a you git less | E |
| Says you go eas' says you go wes' | E |
| An' whense you fine de road ut you like bes' | E |
| You betteh take ch'ice er any er de res' | E |
| O de cross bearin' chile | B |
| De cross bearin' chile | B |
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| He build my feet an' He fix de signs | E |
| Dat de shoe hit pinch an' de shoe hit bines | E |
| Ef I on'y w'ah eights an a wanter w'ah nines | E |
| I hone fo' de rain an' de sun hit shines | E |
| An' whilse I hunt de sun hits de rain I fines | E |
| O a trim my lamp an a gyrd my lines | E |
| O de cross bearin' chile | B |
| De cross bearin' chile | B |
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| I wade de wet an' I walk de dry | F |
| I done tromp long an' I done clim high | F |
| An' I pilgrim on ter de jasper sky | F |
| An' I taken de resk fo' ter cas' my eye | F |
| Wha' de Gate swing wide an' de Lord draw nigh | F |
| An' de Trump hit blow an' I hear de cry | F |
| 'You lay dat cross down by an' by | F |
| O de Cross bearin' Chile | B |
| Do Cross bearin' Chile ' | - |
James Whitcomb Riley
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