A Song At Cock-crow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBB ACBBB AABBB ACBBB ACBBB ACDBBB ACBBB AABBB| The first time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| He shrank from the cudgel the scourge and the cord | A |
| But followed far off to see what they would do | B |
| Till the cock crew till the cock crew | B |
| After Gethsemane till the cock crew | B |
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| The first time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| 'Twas only a maid in the palace who heard | C |
| As he sat by the fire and warmed himself through | B |
| Then the cock crew Then the cock crew | B |
| Though also art one of them Then the cock crew | B |
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| The first time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| He had neither the Throne nor the Keys nor the Sword | A |
| A poor silly fisherman what could he do | B |
| When the cock crew when the cock crew | B |
| But weep for his wickedness when the cock crew | B |
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| The next time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| He was Fisher of Men as foretold by the Word | C |
| With the Crown on his brow and the Cross on his shoe | B |
| When the cock crew when the cock crew | B |
| In Flanders and Picardy when the cock crew | B |
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| The next time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| 'Twas Mary the Mother in Heaven Who heard | C |
| She grieved for the maidens and wives that they slew | B |
| When the cock crew when the cock crew | B |
| At Tirmonde and Aerschott when the cock crew | B |
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| The next time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| The Babe in the Manger awakened and stirred | C |
| And He stretched out His arms for the playmates | D |
| He knew | B |
| When the cock crew when the cock crew | B |
| But the waters had covered them when the cock crew | B |
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| The next time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| 'Twas Earth in her agony waited his word | C |
| But he sat by the fire and naught would he do | B |
| Though the cock crew though the cock crew | B |
| Over all Christendom though the cock crew | B |
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| The last time that Peter denied his Lord | A |
| The Father took from him the Keys and the Sword | A |
| And the Mother and Babe brake his Kingdom in two | B |
| When the cock crew when the cock crew | B |
| Because of his wickedness when the cock crew | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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