Bateese The Lucky Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBC EFGHIFJH CKFEKF LMHMH HNOPQO ERHLOROL QHPSHP| He's alway ketchin' dor an'he 's alway | A |
| ketchin' trout | B |
| On de place w'ere no wan else can ketch at all | C |
| He 's alway ketchin' barbotte dat 's w'at you | D |
| call bull pout | B |
| An' he never miss de wil' duck on de fall | C |
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| O de pa'tridge do some skippin' w'en she see | E |
| heem on de swamp | F |
| For she know Bateese don't go for not'ing | G |
| dere | H |
| An' de rabbit if he 's comin' wall you ought | I |
| to see heem jomp | F |
| W'y he want to climb de tree he feel so | J |
| scare | H |
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| Affer two hour by de reever I hear hees leetle | C |
| song | K |
| Den I meet heem all hees pocket full of snipe | F |
| An' me I go de sam' place an' I tramp de | E |
| w'ole day long | K |
| An' I'm only shootin' two or t'ree Ba Cripe | F |
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| I start about de sun rise an' I put out ma | L |
| decoy | M |
| An' before it 's comin' breakfas' he 's holler | H |
| on hees boy | M |
| For carry home two dozen duck or more | H |
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| An' I'm freezin' on de blin' me from four | H |
| o'clock to nine | N |
| An' ev'ry duck she 's passin' up so high | O |
| Dere 's blue bill an' butter ball an' red head | P |
| de fines' kin | Q |
| An' I might as well go shootin' on de sky | O |
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| Don't see de noder feller lak Bateese was lucky | E |
| man | R |
| He can ketch de smartes' feesh is never | H |
| sweem | L |
| An' de bird he seldom miss dem let dem try | O |
| de hard dey can | R |
| W'y de eagle on de mountain can't fly | O |
| away from heem | L |
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| But all de bird an' fish too is geev'up feelin' | Q |
| scare | H |
| An' de rabbit he can stay at home in bed | P |
| For he feesh an' shoot no longer ole Jean | S |
| Bateese Belair | H |
| 'Cos he 's dead | P |
William Henry Drummond
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