The Cure Of Calumette Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBACDC AEBEFGHG CBHECFEF IBIBBCB IJEJBDBC BKC JCBC HBHBILAL AIIJ EIEI IJEJEBMB IIEIEEEE NJOJEJEJ JMBPJJJJ AEQEJKRK JQAQARHS TJEJEEQE BJEJJJDJ| Dere's no voyageur on de reever never | A |
| run hees canoe d'ecorce | B |
| T'roo de roar an' de rush of de rapide w'ere it | C |
| jump lak a beeg w'ite horse | B |
| Dere's no hunter man on de prairie never | A |
| wear w'at you call racquette | C |
| Can beat leetle Fader O'Hara de Cur of | D |
| Calumette | C |
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| Hees fader is full blooded Irish an' hees moder | A |
| is pure Canayenne | E |
| Not offen dat stock go tegedder but she's | B |
| fine combination ma frien' | E |
| For de Irish he's full of de devil an' de French | F |
| dey got savoir faire | G |
| Dat's mak'it de very good balance an' tak' | H |
| you mos' ev'ry w' ere | G |
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| But dere' wan t'ing de Cur wont stan' it | C |
| mak' fun of de Irlandais | B |
| An' of course de French we say not'ing | H |
| 'cos de parish she's all Canayen | E |
| Den you see on account of de moder he can't | C |
| spik hese'f very moche | F |
| So de ole joke she's all out of fashion an' wan | E |
| of dem t'ing we don't touch | F |
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| Wall wan of dat kin' is de Cur but w'en he | I |
| be comin' our place | B |
| De peop' on de parish all w'isper 'How | I |
| young he was look on hees face | B |
| Too bad if de wedder she keel heem de firse | B |
| tam he got leetle wet | C |
| An' de Bishop might sen' beeger Cur for it's | B |
| purty tough place Calumette ' | - |
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| Ha ha how I wish I was dere me w'en he | I |
| go on de mission call | J |
| On de shaintee camp way up de reever drivin' | E |
| hees own cariole | J |
| An' he meet blagger' feller been drinkin' jus' | B |
| enough mak' heem ack lak fou | D |
| Joe Vadeboncoeur dey was call heem an' he's | B |
| purty beeg feller too | C |
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| Mebbe Joe he don't know it's de Cur so he's | B |
| hollerin' 'Get out de way | K |
| If you don't geev me whole of de roadside | C |
| sapree you go off on de sleigh ' | - |
| But de Cur he never say not'ing jus' poule | J |
| on de line leetle bit | C |
| An' w'en Joe try for kip heem hees promise | B |
| hees nose it get badly hit | C |
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| Maudit he was strong leetle Cur an' he go | H |
| for Jo zeph en masse | B |
| An' w'en he is mak' it de finish poor Joe | H |
| is n't feel it firse class | B |
| So nex' tam de Cur he's goin' for visit de | I |
| shaintee encore | L |
| Of course he was mak' beeges' mission never | A |
| see on dat place before | L |
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| An' he know more I'm sure dan de lawyer | A |
| an' dere's many poor habitant | I |
| Is glad for see Fader O'Hara an' ax w'at he | I |
| t'ink of de law | J |
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| W'en dey get leetle troub' wit' each oder an' | E |
| don't know de bes' t'ing to do | I |
| Dat's makin' dem save plaintee monee an' | E |
| kip de good neighbor too | I |
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| But w'en we fin' out how he paddle till canoe | I |
| she was nearly fly | J |
| An' travel racquette on de winter w'en snow | E |
| dreef is pillin' up high | J |
| For visit some poor man or woman dat's waitin' | E |
| de message of peace | B |
| An' get dem prepare for de journey we're | M |
| proud on de leetle pries' | B |
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| O many dark night w'en de chil'ren is put | I |
| away safe on de bed | I |
| An' mese'f an' ma femme mebbe sittin' an' | E |
| watchin' de small curly head | I |
| We hear somet'ing else dan de roar of de ton | E |
| der de win' an' de rain | E |
| So we're bote passin' out on de doorway an' | E |
| lissen an' lissen again | E |
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| An' it's lonesome for see de beeg cloud sweep | N |
| in' across de sky | J |
| An' lonesome for hear de win' cryin' lak some | O |
| body's goin'to die | J |
| But de soun' away down de valley creepin' | E |
| around de hill | J |
| All de tam gettin' closer closer dat's de soun' | E |
| mak' de heart stan'still | J |
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| It's de bell of de leetle Cur de music of deat' | J |
| we hear | M |
| Along on de black road ringin' an' soon it was | B |
| comin' near | P |
| Wan minute de face of de Cur we see by de | J |
| lantern light | J |
| An' he's gone from us jus' lak a shadder into | J |
| de stormy night | J |
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| An' de buggy rush down de hill an' over | A |
| de bridge below | E |
| W'ere creek run so high on de spring tam | Q |
| w'en mountain t'row off de snow | E |
| An' so long as we hear heem goin' we kneel | J |
| on de floor an' pray | K |
| Dat God will look affer de Cur an' de poor | R |
| soul dat 's passin' away | K |
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| I dunno if he need our prayer but we geev' it | J |
| heem jus' de sam' | Q |
| For w'en a man's doin' hees duty lak de Cur | A |
| do all de tam | Q |
| Never min' all de t'ing may happen no matter | A |
| he's riche or poor | R |
| Le bon Dieu was up on de heaven will look | H |
| out for dat man I'm sure | S |
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| I'm only poor habitant farmer an' mebbe | T |
| know not'ing at all | J |
| But dere's wan t'ing I'm always wishin' an' | E |
| dat's w'en I get de call | J |
| For travel de far away journey ev'ry wan on | E |
| de worl' mus' go | E |
| He 'll be wit' me de leetle Cur 'fore I'm | Q |
| leffin' dis place below | E |
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| For I know I'll be feel more easy if he's | B |
| sittin' dere by de bed | J |
| An' he'll geev' me de good bye message an' | E |
| place hees han' on ma head | J |
| Den I'll hol' if he 'll only let me dat han' till | J |
| de las' las' breat' | J |
| An' bless leetle Fader O'Hara de Cur of | D |
| Calumette | J |
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