The Log Jam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CAD EFEF GHG I I JKJK AJAL LJLM NLNO LGLG PLPL IJIJ QLQL JLJL RJSJ LMLJ| Dere 'a s beeg jam up de reever w'ere rapide is runnin' fas' | A |
| An' de log we cut las' winter is takin' it all de room | B |
| So boss of de gang is swearin' for not'ing at all can pass | A |
| An' float away down de current till somebody break de boom | B |
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| 'Here 's for de man will tak' de job holiday for a week | C |
| Extra monee w'en pay day come an' ten dollar suit of clothes | A |
| 'T is n't so hard work run de log if only you do it quick | D |
| W'ere 's de man of de gang den is ready to say Here goes '' | - |
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| Dere was de job for a feller handy an' young an' smart | E |
| Willin' to tak' hees chances willin' to risk hees life | F |
| 'Cos many a t'ing is safer dan tryin' de boom to start | E |
| For if de log wance ketch you dey 're cuttin' you lak a knife | F |
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| Aleck Lachance he lissen an' answer heem right away | G |
| 'Marie Louise dat 's leevin' off on de shore close by | H |
| She 's sayin' de word was mak' me mos' happies' man to day | G |
| An' if you ax de reason I 'm ready to go dat 's w'y ' | - |
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| Pierre Delorme he 's spikin' den an' O but he 's lookin' glad | I |
| 'Dis morning de sam' girl tole me she mus' say to me Good bye Pierre ' | - |
| So no wan can stop me goin' for I feel I was comin' mad | I |
| An' wedder I see to morrow dat 's not'ing for I don't care ' | - |
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| Aleck Lachance was steady he 's bully boy all aroun' | J |
| Alway sendin' de monee to hees moder away below | K |
| Now an' den savin' a leetle for buyin' de house an' groun' | J |
| An' never done t'inkin' t'inkin' of Marie Louise Lebeau | K |
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| Pierre was a half breed feller we call heem de grand Nor' Wes' | A |
| Dat is de place he 's leevin' w'en he work for de Compagnie | J |
| Dey say he 's marry de squaw dere never min' about all de res' | A |
| An' affer he get hees monee he 's de boy for de jamboree | L |
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| Ev'ry wan start off cheerin' w'en dey pass on de log out dere | L |
| Jompin' about lak monkey Aleck an' Pierre Delorme | J |
| Workin' de sam' as twenty an' runnin' off ev'ryw'ere | L |
| An' busy on all de places lak beaver before de storm | M |
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| Den we hear some wan shoutin' an' dere was dat crazy girl | N |
| Marie Louise on de hillside cryin' an' raisin' row | L |
| Could n't do not'ing worser mos' foolish t'ing on de worl' | N |
| For Pierre Delorme an' Aleck was n't workin' upon de scow | O |
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| Bote of dem turn aroun' dere w'en girl is commencin' cry | L |
| Lak woman I wance remember got los' on de bush t'ree day | G |
| 'Look how de log is movin' I 'm seein' it wit' ma eye | L |
| Come back out of all dem danger ' an' den she was faint away | G |
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| Ten year I been reever driver an' mebbe know somet'ing too | P |
| An' dere was n't a man don't watch for de minute dem log she go | L |
| But never a word from de boos dere stannin' wit' all hees crew | P |
| So how she can see dem movin' don't ax me for I dunno | L |
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| Hitch dem all up togeder t'ousan' horse crazy mad | I |
| Only a couple of feller for han'le dem ev'ry wan | J |
| Scare dem wit' t'onder an' lightning an' den 't is n't half so bad | I |
| As log runnin' down de rapide affer de boom she 's gone | J |
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| See dem nex' day on de basin you t'ink dey was t'roo de fight | Q |
| Cut wit' de sword an' bullet lyin' along de shore | L |
| You 'd pity de log I 'm sure an' say 't was terrible sight | Q |
| But man goin' t'roo de sam' t'ing you 'd pity dat man some more | L |
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| An' Pierre w'en he see dem goin' an' log jompin' up an' down | J |
| De sign of de cross he 's makin' an' dive on de water dere | L |
| He know it 's all up hees chances an' he rader be goin' drown | J |
| Dan ketch by de rollin' timber an' dat 's how he go poor Pierre | L |
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| Aleck's red shirt is blazin' off w'ere we hear de log | R |
| Crackin' away an' bangin' sam' as a honder gun | J |
| Lak' sun on de morning tryin' to peep t'roo de reever fog | S |
| But Aleck's red shirt is redder dan ever I see de sun | J |
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| An' w'en dey 're tryin' wake her Marie Louise Lebeau | L |
| On her neck dey fin' a locket she 's kipin' so nice an' warm | M |
| An' dey 're tolin' de funny story de funnies' I dunno | L |
| For de face Bapt me dey see dere was de half breed Pierre Delorme | J |
William Henry Drummond
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