That V.c. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CACD EFEF GAHA IIII JAJA KKKK CKCK LFLF| 'Twas in the days of front attack | A |
| This glorious truth we'd yet to learn it | B |
| That every front has got a back | A |
| And French was just the man to turn it | B |
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| A wounded soldier on the ground | C |
| Was lying hid behind a hummock | A |
| He proved the good old proverb sound | C |
| An army travels on its stomach | D |
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| He lay as flat as any fish | E |
| His nose had worn a little furrow | F |
| He only had one frantic wish | E |
| That like an ant bear he could burrow | F |
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| The bullets whistled into space | G |
| The pom pom gun kept up its braying | A |
| The fout point seven supplied the bass | H |
| You'd think the devil's band was playing | A |
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| A valiant comrade crawling near | I |
| Observed his most supine behaviour | I |
| And crept towards him Hey what cheer | I |
| Buck up said he I've come to save yer | I |
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| You get up on my shoulders mate | J |
| And if we live beyond the firing | A |
| I'll get the V C sure as fate | J |
| Because our blokes is all retiring | A |
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| It's fifty pound a year says he | K |
| I'll stand you lots of beer and whisky | K |
| No says the wounded man not me | K |
| I'll not be saved it's far too risky | K |
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| I'm fairly safe behind this mound | C |
| I've worn a hole that seems to fit me | K |
| But if you lift me off the ground | C |
| It's fifty pounds to one they'll hit me | K |
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| So back towards the firing line | L |
| Our friend crept slowly to the rear oh | F |
| Remarking What a selfish swine | L |
| He might have let me be a hero | F |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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