De Bell Of St. Michel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCAA DDAA CCEE AABB B AA AAAA BBAA| Go 'way go 'way don't ring no more ole bell of Saint Michel | A |
| For if you do I can't stay here you know dat very well | A |
| No matter how I close ma ear I can't shut out de soun' | B |
| It rise so high 'bove all de noise of dis beeg Yankee town | B |
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| An' w'en it ring I t'ink I feel de cool cool summer breeze | C |
| Dat's blow across Lac Peezagonk an' play among de trees | C |
| Dey're makin' hay I know mese'f can smell de pleasant smell | A |
| O how I wish I could be dere to day on Saint Michel | A |
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| It's fonny t'ing for me I'm sure dat's travel ev'ryw'ere | D |
| How moche I t'ink of long ago w'en I be leevin' dere | D |
| I can't 'splain dat at all at all mebbe it's naturel | A |
| But I can't help it w'en I hear de bell of Saint Michel | A |
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| Dere's plaintee t'ing I don't forget but I remember bes' | C |
| De spot I fin' wan day on June de small san'piper's nes' | C |
| An' dat hole on de reever w'ere I ketch de beeg beeg trout | E |
| Was very nearly pull me in before I pull heem out | E |
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| An' leetle Elodie Leclaire I wonner if she still | A |
| Leev jus' sam' place she use to leev on 'noder side de hill | A |
| But s'pose she marry Joe Barbeau dat's alway hangin' roun' | B |
| Since I am lef' ole Saint Michel for work on Yankee town | B |
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| Ah dere she go ding dong ding dong its back encore again | B |
| An' ole chanson come on ma head of 'a la claire fontaine ' | - |
| I'm not surprise it soun' so sweet more sweeter I can tell | A |
| For wit' de song also I hear de bell of Saint Michel | A |
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| It's very strange about dat bell go ding dong all de w'ile | A |
| For when I'm small gar on at school can't hear it half a mile | A |
| But seems more farder I get off from Church of Saint Michel | A |
| De more I see de ole village an' louder soun' de bell | A |
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| O all de monee dat I mak' w'en I be travel roun' | B |
| Can't kip me long away from home on dis beeg Yankee town | B |
| I t'ink I'll settle down again on Parish Saint Michel | A |
| An' leev an' die more satisfy so long I hear dat bell | A |
William Henry Drummond
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