The Two Brave Soldiers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCBEDF GHIHDJJJ KLMNOKPB QRSRJTHT UJBJVJUJ VJJJWJXJ UYTYWAVA ZCA2CB2C2D2C2i Air The Texas Rangers i | A |
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My friends I pray you listen | B |
A story I will tell | C |
It's of two noble soldiers | D |
And they were known full well | C |
They were killed in the rebellion | B |
As you shall plainly hear | E |
Those brave and noble soldiers | D |
No danger did they fear | F |
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They enlisted in Grand Rapids | G |
In eighteen and sixty two | H |
'Twas in the month of August | I |
About the middle too | H |
These two brave noble soldiers | D |
They joined the cavalry | J |
They fought to save their country | J |
United it yet may be | J |
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One of them a single man | K |
His name was Martin House | L |
The other one was married | M |
His name I'll tell you now | N |
Abram Bishop was his name | O |
He was a christian man | K |
Two soldiers they were brave and | P |
They hailed from Michigan | B |
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When they left their native place | Q |
Their friends to them did say | R |
Oh do not go to war boys | S |
You'd better with us stay | R |
For if you join the army | J |
You never will return | T |
To all your friends that love you | H |
You never will return | T |
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Young House spoke unto his friends | U |
I'd rather go said he | J |
I have no wife and children | B |
To weep and mourn for me | J |
I hear my country calling | V |
For her sons of liberty | J |
And I for one must go friends | U |
A coward I cannot be | J |
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We are not afraid of fighting | V |
The rebels no not we | J |
They're bound to make our country | J |
A place for slaves to be | J |
Our fathers fought before us | W |
To gain our liberty | J |
And we the sons of freemen | X |
Must fight to keep it free | J |
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Farewell farewell to all our friends | U |
That we may leave behind | Y |
If we do never return | T |
We pray you bear in mind | Y |
If God sees fit to call us | W |
We are not afraid to die | A |
Our country she is calling | V |
We must bid you all good bye | A |
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It was in Old Virginia | Z |
Those noble soldiers fell | C |
In the battle of Hanover town | A2 |
As many a man can tell | C |
They fought through many battles | B2 |
Obeyed their captain's call | C2 |
Alas the missles struck them | D2 |
And caused them both to fall | C2 |
Julia Ann Moore
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