Temperance Reform Clubs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGHI J KILIMNON LPQPRSTS J UVWVWXYX J SZA2ZB2TZC2 J KTD2E2F2ZG2Z J H2I2J2K2OL2M2I J XD2CD2N2C2TO2| Air Perhaps | 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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