That V.c. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCACD 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 |
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
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