Haymaking Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AAAAEFGF ADADHIHI CACAGJGK| Aye sure it does always be rainin' | A |
| An' the hay lyin' out in the wet | B |
| But what's the good o' complainin' | A |
| It never made things better yet | B |
| There'll be musty hay in the manger | C |
| The cow's goin' dry be mischance | D |
| And the boy that went for a Ranger | C |
| Is lost on us somewhere in France | D |
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| The father of him it's heart breakin' | A |
| Wid a watery glint o' the sun | A |
| It's out wid him turnin' an' shakin' | A |
| Then all the labour's undone | A |
| There won't be much savin' in Connaught | E |
| The winter'll be hungry and black | F |
| But I wouldn't waste sorrow upon it | G |
| If only the boy could come back | F |
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| There's a terrible cloud over Nephin | A |
| An' the rain rushin' up from the say | D |
| Och what if the hay is past savin' | A |
| I wouldn't be mindin' the hay | D |
| 'Tis the loss of the boy's bent me double | H |
| An' the poor ould man is as bad | I |
| I'm starvin' for him an' the trouble | H |
| The trouble's heavy and sad | I |
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| God's good and He'll send better weather | C |
| The sun'll be shinin' again | A |
| If Pat and me was together | C |
| I wouldn't be mindin' the rain | A |
| No matter what weather was in it | G |
| I wouldn't care if he'd come | J |
| But the heart o' me's cryin' this minit | G |
| For the boy that'll never come home | K |
Katharine Tynan
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