Jamesian Philosophy Refreshed

The 1972 song "Brandy (You're a fine girl)" has it seems to me an unusual lyrical feature. AAAB, CCCD. That is: most verses contain three successive lines that end witrh the same sound then a fourth line that simply doesn't. There's a port on a western bay That serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away And talk about their homes. And there's a girl in this harbor town And she works layin' whiskey down They say "Brandy, fetch another round" She serves them whiskey and wine. So my question: can any of my readers think of any other song that has lyrics using this dangling-final-line pattern?

I remember when I was in high school I became interested in Dante's DIVINE COMEDY. (For those of you who may be curious, I was reading the Sayers/Reynolds translation, which preserves the terza rima scheme of the original verse.) This was a matter of some consternation to various kin and neighbors, who thought I could not possibly understand such a book and it could only hurt my lil' teenage mind to try. One neighbor lady (whom I will shroud in anonymity hereafter -- the initials NL shall be enough) somberly sought to discuss the book with me. The conversation went something like this: NL: What do you think the book is about? CF: (staggered a bit at the vastness of the ground a proper answer would cover): Well, Dante was writing at a time when the Papacy and the Holy Roman Emperor were engaged in a struggle for power. He used the three afterlife destinations to suggest his own take.... NL:   No no, you're missing the point. His point was the kind of l...