Riding To Town Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDED FFBBCGAG HIBBCJKJ LLBBCEDE| When labor is light and the morning is fair | A |
| I find it a pleasure beyond all compare | A |
| To hitch up my nag and go hurrying down | B |
| And take Katie May for a ride into town | B |
| For bumpety bump goes the wagon | C |
| But tra la la la our lay | D |
| There's joy in a song as we rattle along | E |
| In the light of the glorious day | D |
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| A coach would be fine but a spring wagon's good | F |
| My jeans are a match for Kate's gingham and hood | F |
| The hills take us up and the vales take us down | B |
| But what matters that we are riding to town | B |
| And bumpety bump goes the wagon | C |
| But tra la la la sing we | G |
| There's never a care may live in the air | A |
| That is filled with the breath of our glee | G |
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| And after we've started there's naught can repress | H |
| The thrill of our hearts in their wild happiness | I |
| The heavens may smile or the heavens may frown | B |
| And it's all one to us when we're riding to town | B |
| For bumpety bump goes the wagon | C |
| But tra la la la we shout | J |
| For our hearts they are clear and there 's nothing to fear | K |
| And we've never a pain nor a doubt | J |
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| The wagon is weak and the roadway is rough | L |
| And tho' it is long it is not long enough | L |
| For mid all my ecstasies this is the crown | B |
| To sit beside Katie and ride into town | B |
| When bumpety bump goes the wagon | C |
| But tra la la la our song | E |
| And if I had my way I 'd be willing to pay | D |
| If the road could be made twice as long | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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