Three Songs To The Same Tune Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIHDJKELLHLL HDMNMOOHLLH APQRSTTLFULPVWXYYLFU LZA2B2A2B2C2LFUL ALD2E2D2F2G2LH2I2LJ2 YLYLLLH2I2LLCK2CYYLH 2I2L| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Drown all the dogs ' said the fierce young woman | L |
| Justify all those renowned generations | P |
| Justify all that have sunk in their blood | V |
| Justify all that have died on the scaffold | W |
| Justify all that have fled that have stood | X |
| Stood or have marched the night long | Y |
| Singing singing a song | Y |
| 'Drown all the dogs ' said the fierce young woman | L |
| 'They killed my goose and a cat | F |
| Drown drown in the water butt | U |
| Drown all the dogs ' said the fierce young woman | L |
| Fail and that history turns into rubbish | Z |
| All that great past to a trouble of fools | A2 |
| Those that come after shall mock at O'Donnell | B2 |
| Mock at the memory of both O'Neills | A2 |
| Mock Emmet mock Parnell | B2 |
| All the renown that fell | C2 |
| 'Drown all the dogs ' said the fierce young woman | L |
| 'They killed my goose and a cat | F |
| Drown drown in the water butt | U |
| Drown all the dogs ' said the fierce young woman | L |
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| III | A |
| The soldier takes pride in saluting his Captain | L |
| The devotee proffers a knee to his Lord | D2 |
| Some back a mare thrown from a thoroughbred | E2 |
| Troy backed its Helen Troy died and adored | D2 |
| Great nations blossom above | F2 |
| A slave bows down to a slave | G2 |
| Who'd care to dig em ' said the old old man | L |
| 'Those six feet marked in chalk | H2 |
| Much I talk more I walk | I2 |
| Time I were buried ' said the old old man | L |
| When nations are empty up there at the top | J2 |
| When order has weakened or faction is strong | Y |
| Time for us all to pick out a good tune | L |
| Take to the roads and go marching along | Y |
| March march How does it run | L |
| O any old words to a tune | L |
| 'Who'd care to dig 'em ' said the old old man | L |
| 'Those six feet marked in chalk | H2 |
| Much I talk more I walk | I2 |
| Time I were buried ' said the old old man | L |
| Soldiers take pride in saluting their Captain | L |
| Where are the captains that govetn mankind | C |
| What happens a tree that has nothing within it | K2 |
| O marching wind O a blast of the wind | C |
| Marching marching along | Y |
| March march lift up the song | Y |
| 'Who'd care to dig 'em ' said the old old man | L |
| 'Those six feet marked in chalk | H2 |
| Much I talk more I walk | I2 |
| Time I were buried ' said the old old man | L |
William Butler Yeats
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