Pelang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHBI IJKJ LJEC BJE BBMB BJEJ NBEB FOJO MMO JMEM BEPE IMIM MJQJ IIBE MMM BJJJ JJMJ MKIK KMBM IIMI ERKR MBM IIIE IIBI JEIE IMMMPelang Pelang Mon cher gar on | A |
I t'ink of you t'ink of you night and day | B |
Don't mak' no difference seems to me | C |
De long long tam you're gone away | B |
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De snow is deep on de Grande Montagne | D |
Lak tonder de rapide roar below | E |
De sam' kin' night ma boy get los' | F |
On beeg beeg storm forty year ago | E |
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An' I never was hear de win' blow hard | G |
An' de snow come sweesh on de window pane | H |
But ev'ryt'ing 'pear lak' it's yesterday | B |
An' whole of ma troub' is come back again | I |
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Ah me I was foolish young girl den | I |
It's only ma own plaisir I care | J |
An' w'en some dance or soir e come off | K |
Dat's very sure t'ing you will see me dere | J |
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Don't got too moche sense at all dat tam | L |
Run ev'ry place on de whole contree | J |
But I change beeg lot w'en Pelang come 'long | E |
For I love him so well kin' o' steady me | C |
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An' he was de bes' boy on Coteau | B |
An' t'ink I am de bes' girl too for sure | J |
He's tole me dat geev de ring also | E |
Was say on de inside 'Je t'aime toujours ' | - |
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I geev heem some hair dat come off ma head | B |
I mak' de nice stocking for warm hees feet | B |
So ev'ryt'ing's feex w'en de spring is come | M |
For mak' mari e on de church toute suite | B |
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'W'en de spring is come ' Ah I don't see dat | B |
Dough de year is pass as dey pass before | J |
An' de season come an' de season go | E |
But our spring never was come no more | J |
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It's on de f te of de jour de l'an | N |
An' de worl' outside is cole an' w'ite | B |
As I sit an' watch for mon cher Pelang | E |
For he's promise come see me dis very night | B |
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Bonhomme Peloquin dat is leev near us | F |
He's alway keep look heem upon de moon | O |
See fonny t'ing dere only week before | J |
An' say he's expec' some beeg storm soon | O |
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So ma fader is mak' it de laugh on me' | M |
'Pelang he's believe heem de ole Bonhomme | M |
Dat t'ink he see ev'ryt'ing on de moon | O |
An' mebbe he's feel it too scare for come ' | - |
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But I don't spik not'ing I am so sure | J |
Of de promise Pelang is mak' wit' me | M |
An' de mos' beeg storm dat is never blow | E |
Can't kip heem away from hees own Marie | M |
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I open de door an' pass outside | B |
For see mese'f how de night is look | E |
An' de star is commence for go couch | P |
De mountain also is put on hees tuque | E |
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No sooner I come on de house again | I |
W'ere ev'ryt'ing feel it so nice an' warm | M |
Dan out of de sky come de Nor'Eas' win' | I |
Out of de sky come de beeg snow storm | M |
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Blow lak not'ing I never see | M |
Blow lak le diable he was mak' grande tour | J |
De snow come down lak wan avalanche | Q |
An' cole Mon Dieu it is cole for sure | J |
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I t'ink I t'ink of mon pauvre gar on | I |
Dat's out mebbe on de Grande Montagne | I |
So I place chandelle we're it's geev good light | B |
An' pray Le Bon Dieu he will help Pelang | E |
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De ole folk t'ink I am go crazee | M |
An' moder she's geev me de good night kiss | M |
She say 'Go off on your bed Marie | M |
Dere's nobody come on de storm lak dis ' | - |
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But ma eye don't close dat long long night | B |
For it seem jus' lak phantome is near | J |
An' I t'ink of de terrible Loup Garou | J |
An' all de bad story I offen hear | J |
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Dere was tam I am sure somet'ing call 'Marie' | J |
So plainly I open de outside door | J |
But it's meet me only de awful storm | M |
An de cry pass away don't come no more | J |
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An' de morning sun w'en he's up at las' | M |
Fin' me w'ite as de face of de snow itse'f | K |
For I know very well on de Grande Montagne | I |
Ma poor Pelang he's come dead hese'f | K |
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It's noon by de clock w'en de storm blow off | K |
An' ma fader an' broder start out for see | M |
Any track on de snow by de Mountain side | B |
Or down on de place w'ere chemin should be | M |
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No sign at all on de Grande Montagne | I |
No sign all over de w'ite w'ite snow | I |
Only hear de win' on de beeg pine tree | M |
An' roar of de rapide down below | I |
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An' w'ere is he lie mon cher Pelang | E |
Pelang ma boy I was love so well | R |
Only Le Bon Dieu up above | K |
An' mebbe de leetle snow bird can tell | R |
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An I t'ink I hear de leetle bird say | M |
'Wait till de snow is geev up it's dead | B |
Wait till I go an' de robin come | M |
An' den you will fin' hees cole cole bed ' | - |
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An' it's all come true for w'en de sun | I |
Is warm de side of de Grande Montagne | I |
An' drive away all de winter snow | I |
We fin' heem at las' mon cher Pelang | E |
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An' here on de f te of de jour de l'an | I |
Alone by mese'f I sit again | I |
W'ile de beeg beeg storm is blow outside | B |
An' de snow come sweesh on de window pane | I |
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Not all alone for I t'ink I hear | J |
De voice of ma boy gone long ago | E |
Can hear it above de hurricane | I |
An' roar of de rapide down below | E |
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Yes yes Pelang mon cher gar on | I |
I t'ink of you t'ink of you night an' day | M |
Don't mak' no difference seems to me | M |
How long de tam you was gone away | M |
William Henry Drummond
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