The Hill Of San Sebastian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABAACDAEBDE AFGHBFBHIJGEBJAE AJAKLJAKMAAFNAMF FFOBAFAFAFAECAE PNDAMNM QDRF MDFB SAMFTAFFUBIEABFE| I ought to feel more satisfy an' happy dan | A |
| I be | B |
| For better husban' dan ma own it 's very | B |
| hard to fin' | A |
| An' plaintee woman if dey got such boy an' | A |
| girl as me | B |
| Would never have no troub' at all an' | A |
| not'ing on deir min' | A |
| But w'ile dey're alway wit' me an' dough I | C |
| love dem all | D |
| I can't help t'inkin' w'en I watch de chil'ren | A |
| out at play | E |
| Of tam I'm jus' lak dat mese'f an' den de | B |
| tear will fall | D |
| For de hill of St Sebastien is very far away | E |
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| It seem so pleasan' w'en I come off here ten | A |
| year ago | F |
| An' hardes' work I 'm gettin' den was never | G |
| heavy load | H |
| De roughes' place is smoot' enough de | B |
| quickes' gait is slow | F |
| For glad I am to foller w'ere Louis lead de | B |
| road | H |
| But somet'ing 's comin' over me I feel it | I |
| more an' more | J |
| It 's alway pullin' on de heart an' stronger | G |
| ev'ry day | E |
| An' O I long to see again de reever an' de | B |
| shore | J |
| W'ere de hill of St Sebastien is lookin' on | A |
| de bay | E |
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| I use to t'ink it 's fine t'ing once to stan' upon | A |
| de door | J |
| An' see de great beeg medder dere stretchin' | A |
| far an' wide | K |
| An' smell de pleasan' flower dat grow lak star | L |
| on de prairie floor | J |
| An' watch de spotted antelope was feedin' | A |
| ev'ry side | K |
| How did we gain it man an' wife dis lan' was | M |
| no man 's lan' | A |
| By rifle an' harrow an' plow shovel an' | A |
| spade an' hoe | F |
| De blessin' of good God up above an' work of | N |
| our own strong han' | A |
| Till it stan' on de middle our leetle nes' | M |
| w'ere de wheat an' cornfiel' grow | F |
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| An' soon de chil'ren fill de house wit' musique | F |
| all day long | F |
| De sam' ma moder use to sing on de cradle | O |
| over me | B |
| I'm almos' sorry it 's be my fault dey learn | A |
| dem ole tam song | F |
| W'at good is it tak' me off lak dat back on | A |
| ma own countree | F |
| Till de reever once more I see again an' lissen | A |
| it 's current flow | F |
| An' dere's Hercule de ferry man cmoin' | A |
| across de bay | E |
| Wat' s use of foolin' me lak dat for surely I | C |
| mus' know | A |
| de hill of St Sebastien is very far away | E |
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| W'en Louis ketch me dat summer night | P |
| watchin' de sky above | N |
| Seein' de mountain an' de lake wit' small | D |
| boat sailin' roun' | A |
| He kiss me an' say 'Toinette I'm glad dis | M |
| prairie lan' you love | N |
| For travel de far you can ma belle it 's | M |
| fine 's on top de groun' ' | - |
| Jus' w'en I 'm lookin' dat beeg cloud too | Q |
| standin' dere lak a wall | D |
| Sam' as de hill I know so well home on ma | R |
| own countree | F |
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| Good job I was cryin' quiet den an' Louis | M |
| can't hear at all | D |
| But I kiss de poor feller an' laugh an' never | F |
| say not'ing me | B |
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| W'at can you do wit' man lak dat an' w'y am | S |
| I bodder so | A |
| De firse t'ing he might fin' it out den hees | M |
| heart will feel it sore | F |
| An' if he say 'Come home Toinette ' I 'm | T |
| sure I mus' answer 'No' | A |
| For if I 'm seein' dat place again I never | F |
| return no more | F |
| So let de heart break I don't care I won't | U |
| say not'ing me | B |
| I'll mak' dat promise on mese'f an' kip it | I |
| night an' day | E |
| But O Mon Dieu how glad how glad an' | A |
| happy I could be | B |
| If de hill of St Sebastien was not so far | F |
| away | E |
William Henry Drummond
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