Song Of A Brigadier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLE MNO PEQE CRSRTEUE VFWXYEZE A2WB2WC2ED2E| I wear a splendid uniform | A |
| I ride a splendid nag | B |
| I talk both loud and valiantly | C |
| Of Honor and the Flag | B |
| But let the South be easy still | D |
| Her soldiers need not fear | E |
| Ne'er shot nor blow shall lay them low | F |
| While I'm a Brigadier | E |
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| I canter gaily through the streets | G |
| Attended by my staff | H |
| Unheeding vulgar little boys | I |
| Who hoot and stare and chaff | H |
| And such a staff all foreign names | J |
| Quite wonderful to hear | K |
| Plain Yankee boys aren't good enough | L |
| For such a Brigadier | E |
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| I've Baron This and Duke of That | M |
| And Prince of 'Tother too | N |
| The people ask me 'What on earth | O |
| I have for them to do ' | - |
| 'Tis plain to all but vulgar minds | P |
| I want a kindred sphere | E |
| There's nought like title blood and style | Q |
| To aid a Brigadier | E |
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| No bloody wounds or hurts for me | C |
| Perhaps I am a sham | R |
| But Politics and Influence | S |
| Have placed me where I am | R |
| I give my dinners draw my pay | T |
| Drink brandy wine or beer | E |
| And mean to have a jolly time | U |
| While I'm a Brigadier | E |
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| Investigations pass me by | V |
| Committees raise no row | F |
| No one expects that I will fight | W |
| And faith I don't know how | X |
| I'm not for use but ornament | Y |
| So each day I appear | E |
| In buttons braid in gold arrayed | Z |
| A fancy Brigadier | E |
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| There are plenty in the field | A2 |
| Who really like to fight | W |
| Give me money and good clothes | B2 |
| And I'll be harmless quite | W |
| Yet there is something on my mind | C2 |
| That I can't quite make clear | E |
| How can the Government afford | D2 |
| My style of Brigadier | E |
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