Early Days Of Rockford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BACADEFG HIJKLMNM OPQPQMLM CRSTUUCU| Air Lucy Long | A |
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| My friends I pray you listen | B |
| I'll sing a little song | A |
| About the village of Rockford | C |
| It will not take me long | A |
| And how it was first settled | D |
| By enterprising men | E |
| And all the news about it | F |
| I'll tell you if I can | G |
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| Situated in a wilderness | H |
| With forests all around | I |
| Thirteen miles from Grand Rapids | J |
| Is this florishing town | K |
| On the banks of Rogue river | L |
| Where runs the water still | M |
| And in the early settled days | N |
| Was called Laphamville | M |
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| First settled by Smith Lapham | O |
| In eighteen and forty three | P |
| Then came the Hunter brothers | Q |
| To keep him company | P |
| Lapham and Hunter Brothers | Q |
| Built each a shingle mill | M |
| On the banks of Rogue river | L |
| Are the same old buildings still | M |
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| In the early days of Rockford | C |
| They had to run a stage | R |
| They had no other conveyance | S |
| To get from place to place | T |
| Now they go by railway | U |
| The cars run night and day | U |
| The early days of Rockford | C |
| Have nearly passed away | U |
Julia Ann Moore
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