Temperance Reform Clubs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHI J KILIMNON LPQPRSTS J UVWVWXYX J SZA2ZB2TZC2 J KTD2E2F2ZG2Z J H2I2J2K2OL2M2I J XD2CD2N2C2TO2i Air Perhaps i | A |
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Some enterprising people | B |
In our cities and towns | C |
Have gone to organizing clubs | D |
Of men that's fallen down | E |
In estimation fallen low | F |
Now they may rise again | G |
And be respected citizens | H |
Throughout our native land | I |
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CHORUS | J |
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The temperance reform club | K |
Forever may it stand | I |
And everyone that loves strong drink | L |
Pray join it heart and hand | I |
Then many a home will be bright | M |
And many a heart made glad | N |
It will be the greatest blessing | O |
This nation ever had | N |
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Manufacturers of strong drink | L |
Can find better employ | P |
Than bring to ruin poor families | Q |
And thousand souls destroy | P |
Likewise proprietors of saloons | R |
Lose many a customer | S |
Those men now rather stay at home | T |
That place they now prefer | S |
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Chorus | J |
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Don't be ashamed to wear your badge | U |
Of ribbon on your breast | V |
It shows you've joined the club to be | W |
A man among the rest | V |
Your kindred friends will love to see | W |
You honored sober man | X |
And all the friends that wish you well | Y |
Will help you if they can | X |
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Chorus | J |
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Perhaps you have a mother | S |
Likewise a sister too | Z |
Perhaps you have a sweetheart | A2 |
That thinks the most of you | Z |
Perhaps you have a loving wife | B2 |
And little ones at home | T |
Their hearts rejoice to see that you | Z |
Can let strong drink alone | C2 |
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Chorus | J |
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Many a man joined the club | K |
That never drank a drachm | T |
Those noble men were kind and brave | D2 |
They care not for the slang | E2 |
The slang they meet on every side | F2 |
You're a reform drunkard too | Z |
You've joined the red ribbon brigade | G2 |
Among the drunkard crew | Z |
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Chorus | J |
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It shows their hearts were very kind | H2 |
They wish to save poor souls | I2 |
That loved the intoxication cup | J2 |
That signed the temperance roll | K2 |
Dear friends ever keep rolling | O |
The work you have begun | L2 |
Those noble men will not repent | M2 |
I hope throughout our land | I |
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Chorus | J |
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Dr Reynolds is a noble man | X |
He has worked hard to save | D2 |
Some people in our cities and towns | C |
From out a drunkard's grave | D2 |
There is other men to help him now | N2 |
He lectures not alone | C2 |
Many a heart that blesses them | T |
From out now happy homes | O2 |
Julia Ann Moore
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