Three Songs To The Same Tune Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIHDJKELLHLL HDMNMOOHLLH APQRSTTLFU| I | A |
| GRANDFATHER sang it under the gallows | B |
| ' Hear gentlemen ladies and all mankind | C |
| Money is good and a girl might be better | D |
| But good strong blows are delights to the mind ' | E |
| There standing on the catt | F |
| He sang it from his heart | G |
| Those fanatics all that we do would undo | H |
| Down the fanatic down the clown | I |
| Down down hammer them down | I |
| Down to the tune of O'Donnell Abu | H |
| 'A girl I had but she followed another | D |
| Money I had and it went in the night | J |
| Strong drink I had and it brought me to sorrow | K |
| But a good strong cause and blows are delight ' | E |
| All there caught up the tune | L |
| 'On on my darling man' | L |
| Those fanatics all that we do would undo | H |
| Down the fanatic down the clown | L |
| Down down hammer them down | L |
| Down to the tune of O'Donnell Abu | H |
| 'Money is good and a girl might be better | D |
| No matter what happens and who takes the fall | M |
| But a good strong cause' the rope gave a jerk there | N |
| No more sang he for his throat was too small | M |
| But he kicked before he died | O |
| He did it out of pride | O |
| Those fanatics all that we do would undo | H |
| Down the fanatic down the clown | L |
| Down down hammer them down | L |
| Down to the tune of O'Donnell Abu | H |
| - | |
| II | A |
| Justify all those renowned generations | P |
| They left their bodies to fatten the wolves | Q |
| They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes | R |
| Fled to far countries or sheltered themselves | S |
| In cavem crevice hole | T |
| Defending Ireland's soul | T |
| 'Drown all the dogs ' said the fierce young woman | L |
| 'They killed my goose and a cat | F |
| Drown drown in the water but | U |
William Butler Yeats
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