I happen to love the irregular rhyme scheme on THE OLD MAIN DRAG (ABAB, AAAB, ABBC, AAAB, AABB). It really adds an added jolt to the emotional impact of the song. I don't care what Shane's roots are. He is a good song writer. Bob Dylan spent the first few years of his career hiding the fact that he was Jewish and from the Midwest. It doesn't make his early work any less powerful.

Brían