A Celebrated Case Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEC F G EEH GGBC FFEC A GC IIB JJIE IIE KKJ LMEC NNEE| Way down in the Boom Belt lived Mrs Roselle | A |
| A person named Petrie he lived there as well | A |
| But Mr Roselle he resided away | B |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iay | C |
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| Once Mrs Roselle in her room was alone | D |
| The flesh of her flesh and the bone of her bone | D |
| Neglected the wife of his bosom to woo | E |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral ioo | C |
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| Then Petrie her lover appeared at the door | F |
| Remarking 'My dear I don't love you no more ' | - |
| 'That's awfully rough ' said the lady 'on me | G |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iee ' | - |
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| 'Come in Mr Petrie ' she added 'pray do | E |
| Although you don't love me no more I love you | E |
| Sit down while I spray you with vitriol now | H |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iow ' | - |
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| Said Petrie 'That liquid I know won't agree | G |
| With my beauty and then you'll no longer love me | G |
| So spray and be ' O what a word he did say | B |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iay | C |
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| She deluged his head and continued to pour | F |
| Till his bonny blue eyes like his love were no more | F |
| It was seldom he got such a hearty shampoo | E |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral ioo | C |
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| Then Petrie he rose and said 'Mrs Roselle | A |
| I have an engagement and bid you farewell ' | - |
| 'You see ' she began to explain but not he | G |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iee | C |
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| The Sheriff he came and he offered his arm | I |
| Saying 'Sorry I am for disturbin' you marm | I |
| But business is business ' Said she 'So they say | B |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iay ' | - |
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| The Judge on the bench he looked awfully stern | J |
| The District Attorney began to attorn | J |
| The witnesses lied and the lawyers O my | I |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iyi | E |
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| The chap that defended her said 'It's our claim | I |
| That he loved us no longer and told us the same | I |
| What else than we did could we decently do | E |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral ioo ' | - |
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| The District Attorney sarcastic replied | K |
| 'We loved you no longer that can't be denied | K |
| Not having no eyes we may dote on you now | J |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral iow ' | - |
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| The prisoner wept to entoken her fears | L |
| The sockets of Petrie were flooded with tears | M |
| O heaven born Sympathy bully for you | E |
| Sing tooral iooral iooral ioo | C |
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| Four jurors considered the prisoner mad | N |
| And four thought her victim uncommonly bad | N |
| And four that the acid was all in his eye | E |
| Sing rum tiddy iddity iddity hi | E |
Ambrose Bierce
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