The Man To Follow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCBDEDECCEFGFGCC GHIHICCIJKJKCCK| Apart from the crowd with its banter and mirth | A |
| Sitting loose on his mare with an eye to the whins | B |
| He has looked to his curb he has tightened his girth | A |
| He has marked out a place where the big double thins | B |
| Here's a good one to follow | C |
| To follow to follow | C |
| A good one to follow when business begins | B |
| 'Mid the murmur of meeting the laugh and the joke | D |
| 'Mid the trampling of horses the cheer and the rate | E |
| He has caught the low whimper when Challenger spoke | D |
| And has seen the raised hat of the man by the gate | E |
| He's the right one to follow | C |
| To follow to follow | C |
| The right one to follow and trust with your fate | E |
| When they tumble from covert each hound giving tongue | F |
| When they carry it confident over the plough | G |
| When the hurrying Field down the headland is strung | F |
| Here's the man for your money You follow him now | G |
| He's the right one to follow | C |
| To follow to follow | C |
| So bundle and after him Never mind how | G |
| Ere the gay coffee housers are into their stride | H |
| He is over the hedge with a trifle to spare | I |
| And down in his saddle and ready to ride | H |
| For whoever may miss it he means to be there | I |
| This right one to follow | C |
| To follow to follow | C |
| This lean lashing lad on the bonny blood mare | I |
| If you're riding a horse that can gallop and jump | J |
| That can creep through a cat hole or spread at a ditch | K |
| If you don't mind a thorn scratch a bruise or a bump | J |
| A drain or a double and Devil care which | K |
| Here's the right one to follow | C |
| To follow to follow | C |
| The man that's a wizard the mare that's a witch | K |
William Henry Ogilvie
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