Old Crony Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIJI KLMLNONO MPMPQAQA| I had a friend a breezy friend | A |
| I liked an awful lot | B |
| And in his company no end | A |
| Of happiness I got | B |
| We clicked in temper taste and mood | C |
| We gypsied side by side | D |
| And then as no pal ever should | E |
| He upped and died | D |
| - | |
| A score of years have since gone by | F |
| Yet I bemoan him still | G |
| He used to call me Bob and I | F |
| Was wont to call him Bill | G |
| Oh how I wish that he were here | H |
| How we would bravely walk | I |
| On heather hills to tavern cheer | J |
| And talk and talk | I |
| - | |
| If as he always used to do | K |
| He'd just drop in to tea | L |
| To rest awhile and jest awhile | M |
| How chirpy I would be | L |
| Then he would puff his pipe of briar | N |
| And I my cigarette | O |
| And we would yarn beside the fire | N |
| And time forget | O |
| - | |
| Old Pal come back a little while | M |
| If just to let me say | P |
| How much I miss your jolly smile | M |
| Now you have gone away | P |
| Ah when in life's allotted span | Q |
| We near our journey's end | A |
| What greater treasure is there than | Q |
| A Golden Friend | A |
Robert William Service
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