John Robinson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHG IJKJLMNO PQRSTDUE VWXYUZA2Z IB2UB2C2D2YE2 F2G2H2G2I2J2I2J2 B2I2K2I2L2M2N2D HO2I2P2EN2L2N2| i AIR The Drunkard i | A |
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| Come listen friends and hear a song | B |
| It is a doleful one | C |
| About a young man dead and gone | D |
| He died far away from home | E |
| John Robinson this young man's name | F |
| His age I cannot tell | G |
| And he was loved by all his friends | H |
| And he was known full well | G |
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| His father and mother being dead | I |
| It left him an orphan boy | J |
| When he was with his brother | K |
| His health failed him poor boy | J |
| Kind friends they thought 'twould do him good | L |
| To travel for his health | M |
| To California he did go | N |
| With his Uncle Zera French | O |
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| He was not gone but a short time | P |
| When a letter his friends received | Q |
| It told how homesick Johnny was | R |
| How he for home did grieve | S |
| It said that he was getting worse | T |
| And his money was nearly gone | D |
| And if he did not soon return | U |
| Never more would he see home | E |
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| It said Dear Brother will you please | V |
| Some money to me send | W |
| For I fear I have not got enough | X |
| To bring me back again | Y |
| The doctor says I must soon return | U |
| If I wish my home to see | Z |
| For if I stay my life is short | A2 |
| For the air disagrees with me | Z |
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| His brother Will the letter read | I |
| It made his eyes grow dim | B2 |
| Dear brother he shall soon return | U |
| For I will go and fetch him | B2 |
| This brother dear was very kind | C2 |
| With money he went with haste | D2 |
| For to bring him home again | Y |
| But Oh he went too late | E2 |
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| For he was sick and very bad | F2 |
| Poor boy he thought no doubt | G2 |
| If he came home in a smoking car | H2 |
| His money would hold out | G2 |
| He started to come back alone | I2 |
| He came one third the way | J2 |
| One evening in the car alone | I2 |
| His spirit fled away | J2 |
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| No friend was near to speak to him | B2 |
| Or hear his dying moan | I2 |
| How sad how sad it must have been | K2 |
| To die there all alone | I2 |
| No loving friends to soothe his brow | L2 |
| Or ease his weary form | M2 |
| Poor soul poor soul is now at rest | N2 |
| For his soul to heaven has gone | D |
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| Telegraph dispatch was sent his friends | H |
| How sad were they to hear | O2 |
| How their loved one died all alone | I2 |
| In a car with no one near | P2 |
| The brother brought his body home | E |
| To his friends that loved him best | N2 |
| He's sleeping in their grave yard now | L2 |
| Let peace be e'er his rest | N2 |
Julia Ann Moore
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