Two Seanichies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL ABAB| For Aedh | A |
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| 'Tis the queerest trade we have the two of us that go about | A |
| I that do the talkin' and the little lad that sings | B |
| We to tell the story of a Land you ought to know about | A |
| The wonder land of Erin and the memories it brings | B |
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| Sure it is a wonder land richer than the books it is | C |
| Full of magic stories and a hopeful heart of song | D |
| Faith and near the mountains and the sunny lakes and brooks it is | C |
| Like the olden seanichies the pair of us belong | D |
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| Far and broad our journeyin' up and down the land we go | E |
| Today among the mountains and tomorrow by the sea | F |
| Pleasant are the roads with us and to a welcome grand we go | E |
| Erin wins the heart of you whoever you may be | F |
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| Erin's heart will capture you if you will but listen now | G |
| Great she was afore the Danes and all her Saxon foes | H |
| After that the sorrows came sure your eyes will glisten now | G |
| Up my lad and sing for them The Dark Little Rose | H |
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| Rest awhile and I will tell the fame of Tara's Hall to them | I |
| All the deeds of valor and a thousand scenes of joy | J |
| Wicklow hills and Derry fields where Killarney calls to them | I |
| Come my lad it's Ninety Eight and sing The Croppy Boy | J |
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| Long ago the stranger came and learned to love the ways of her | K |
| Irish more than Irish the Norman foe became | L |
| Sure and here across the sea you give your hearts to praise of her | K |
| The tear and smile within her eyes that ever are the same | L |
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| Not for gold or little fame the two of us to go about | A |
| I that do the talkin' and the little lad that sings | B |
| We to win your love for her the Land you're glad to know about | A |
| The wonder land of Erin and the memories it brings | B |
Michael Earls
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