Two Hundred Years Ago Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDBEAAFGBCB BBHDDI HHHBDHHH HJBKDLMANHHDAHHH BABOPBBQAHAAAA AAARBERSATEATHT| Two honder year ago de worl' is purty slow | A |
| Even folk upon dis contree 's not so | A |
| smart | B |
| Den who is travel roun' an' look out de | C |
| pleasan' groun' | D |
| For geev' de Yankee peop' a leetle start | B |
| I 'll tole you who dey were de beeg rough | E |
| voyageurs | A |
| W'it deir cousin w'at you call coureurs de bois | A |
| Dat 's fightin' all de tam an' never care a dam | F |
| An' ev'ry wan dem feller he 's come from | G |
| Canadaw | B |
| Bapt me | C |
| He 's comin' all de way from Canadaw | B |
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| But He watch dem le bon Dieu for He's got | B |
| some work to do | B |
| An He won't trus' ev'ry body no siree | H |
| Only full blood Canadien lak Marquette an' | D |
| Hennepin | D |
| An' w'at you t'ink of Louis Verandrye | I |
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| On church of Bonsecours makin' ready for | H |
| de tour | H |
| See dem down upon de knee all prayin' dere | H |
| Wit' de paddle on de han' ev'ry good Canad | B |
| ien man | D |
| An' affer dey be finish hooraw for anyw'ere | H |
| Yass sir | H |
| Dey 're ready now for goin' anyw'ere | H |
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| De nort' win' know dem well an' de prairie | H |
| grass can tell | J |
| How offen it is trample by the ole tam botte | B |
| sauvage | K |
| An'grey wolf on hees den kip very quiet w'en | D |
| He hear dem boy a' singin' upon de long | L |
| portage | M |
| An' de night would fin' dem lie wit' deir faces | A |
| on de sky | N |
| An' de breeze would come an' w' isper on deir | H |
| ear | H |
| 'Bout de wife an' sweetheart dere on Sorel an' | D |
| Trois Rivieres | A |
| Dey may never leev' to see anoder year | H |
| Dat 's true | H |
| Dey may never leev' to kiss anoder year | H |
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| An' you 'll know de place dey go from de | B |
| canyon down below | A |
| Or de mountain wit' hees nose aboeve de cloud | B |
| De lake among de hill w'ere de grizzly drink | O |
| hees fill | P |
| Or de rapid on de reever roarin' loud | B |
| Ax de wil' deer if de flash of de ole Tree | B |
| Reever sash | Q |
| He don't see it on de woods of Illinois | A |
| An' de musk ox as he go w'ere de camp fire | H |
| melt de snow | A |
| De smell he still remember of tabac Canadien | A |
| Ha Ha | A |
| It 's hard forgettin' smell of tabac Canadien | A |
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| So ma frien' de Yankee man he mus' try an' | A |
| understan' | A |
| W'en he holler for dat flag de Star an' | A |
| Stripe | R |
| If he 's leetle win' still lef' an' no danger hurt | B |
| hese'f | E |
| Den he better geev' anoder cheer ba cripe | R |
| For de flag of la belle France dat show de way | S |
| across | A |
| From Louisbourg to Florida an' back | T |
| So raise it ev'ryw'ere lak' de ole tam voy | E |
| ageurs | A |
| W'en you hear of de la Salle an' Cadillac | T |
| Hooraw | H |
| For de flag of de la Salle an' Cadillac | T |
William Henry Drummond
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