Policeman G. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDE BBFFDE GGHHDE FFCCDE IIJJDE| Air Widow McGrath | A |
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| To Policeman G the Inspector said | B |
| When you pass the 'shops' you must turn your head | B |
| If you took a wager that would be a sin | C |
| So you'll earn no stripes if you run them in | C |
| Mush a ring tiy ah | D |
| Fol de diddle doh | E |
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| To the House Committee the Inspector said | B |
| 'Tis a terrible thing how the gamblers spread | B |
| For they bet on the steeple and they bet on the Cup | F |
| And the magistrates won't lock them up | F |
| Mush a ring tiy ah | D |
| Fol de diddle doh | E |
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| But Policeman G as he walks his beat | G |
| Where ghe gamblers are up and down the street | G |
| Says he What's the use to be talkin' rot | H |
| If they'd make me a sergeant I could cop the lot | H |
| With my ring tiy ah | D |
| Fol de diddle doh | E |
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| But begad if you start to suppress the 'shop' | F |
| Then the divil only knows where you're going to stop | F |
| For the rich and the poor they would raise a din | C |
| If at Randwick I ran fifty thousand in | C |
| Mush a ring tiy ah | D |
| Fol de diddle doh | E |
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| Though ye must not box nor shpit nor bet | I |
| I'll find my way out to Randwick yet | I |
| For I'm shtandin' a pound and it's no disgrace | J |
| On Paddy Nolan's horse for the Steeplechase | J |
| Mush a ring tiy ah | D |
| Fol de diddle doh | E |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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