Breitmann As A Bummer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFGGHHHH HHHIHHHH GGAAHHHH AAHHAAHH IIIIBBHH H AAHHAAJA JJKABBJA HHHHAAGA AAHHGGJA AAHIHHAAAA AAIIBBGA IIAAAAJA AAHHHHAA

Der Sheneral Sherman holts oop on his coorseA
He shtops at de gross road und reins in his horseA
Dere's a ford on de rifer dis day we moost dakeB
Or elshe de grand army in bieces shall preakB
Vhen shoost ash dis vord from his lips had gone bastC
There coomed a young orterly gallopin' fastC
Who gry mit amazement Herr Shen'ral Goot LordD
Dat Bummer der Breitmann ish holdin' der fordD
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Der Shen'ral he ootered no hymn und no psalmE
But opened his lips und he priefly say D nF
Dere moost hafe been viskey on dat side der riferG
To get it dose shaps vould set hell in a shiverG
But now dat dey hold it ride quick to deir aidH
Ho Sickles move promp'ly send down a prigadeH
Dat Dootchman moost vork mighty hard mit his swordH
If againsd a whole army he holds to de fordH
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Dey spoored on dey hoory'd on gallopin' shtraightH
But for Breitmann help coomed shoost a liddle too lateH
For as de Lauwin goes smash mit her poundH
So on to de Bummers de repels coom downI
Heinrich von Schinkenstein's tead in de roadH
Dieterich Hinkelbein's flat as a toadH
Und Sepperl Tyroler shpoke nefer a vordH
But shoost Mutter Gottes und died in de fordH
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Itsch'l of Innspruck ish drilled droo de hairG
Einer aus B blingen he too vash dereG
Karli of Karlisruh's shot near de fenceA
His horse vash o'erloadet mit toorkies und hensA
Und dough he like a ravin' mad cannibal foughtH
Yet der Breitmann der capt'n der hero vash caughtH
Und de last dings ve saw he vas tied mit a cordH
For de repels had goppled him oop at de fordH
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Dey shtripped off his goat und skyugled his pootsA
Dey dressed him mit rags of a repel recruitsA
But von gray haared oldt veller shmiled crimly und betH
Dat Breitmann vouldt be a pad egg for dem yetH
He has more on his pipe as dem vellers allowsA
He has cardts yet in hand und das Spiel ist nicht ausA
Dey'll find dat dey took in der Teufel to boardH
De day dey pooled Breitmann vell ofer de fordH
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In de Bowery each beer haus mit crape vas oopdoneI
Vhen dey read in de papers dat Breitmann vas goneI
Und de Dootch all cot troonk oopon lager und weinI
At the great Trauer fest of de Turner VereinI
Dere vas wein en mit weinen ven beoplesh did dinkB
Dat Sherman's great Sharman cood nefer more trinkB
Und in Villiam Shtreet veepin' und vailen' vas hoor'dH
Pecause der Hans Breitmann vas lost at de fordH
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SECOND PARTH
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In dulce jubilo now ve all singsA
A vaifin' de panners like efery dingsA
De preeze droo de bine trees ish cooler und saltH
Und der Shen'ral is merry venefer ve haltH
Loosty und merry he schmells at de preezeA
Lustig und heiter he looks droo de dreesA
Lustig und heiter ash vell he may peJ
For Sherman at last has marched down to the seaA
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Dere's a gry from de guart dere's a clotter und drampJ
Vhen dat fery same orterly rides droo de campJ
Who report on de ford Dere ish droples and aweK
In de face of de youf' apout somedings he sawA
Und he shpeak me in Fr ntsch like he always do LookB
Sagre pleu Fentre Tieu dere ish Breitmann his spookB
He ish goming dis vay Nom de Garce can it peJ
Dat de spooks of de tead men coom down to de seaA
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Und he looks und ve sees und ve tremples mit treadH
For risin' all swart on de efenin' redH
Vas Johannes der Breitmann der war es bei GottH
Coom riding' to oos vard right shtraight to de shpotH
All mouse still ve shtood yet mit oop shoompin' heartsA
For he look shoost so pig as de shiant of de HartzA
Und I heard de Sout Deutschers say Ave MorieG
Braise Gott all goot shpirids py land und by seaA
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Boot Itzig of Frankfort he lift oop his noseA
Und be mark dat de shpook hat peen changin' his clothesA
For he seemed like an Generalissimus drestH
In a vlamin' new coat und magnificent vestH
Six bistols beschlagen mit silber he voreG
Und a cold mounded swordt like a Kaisar he boreG
Und ve dinks dat de ghosdt or votever he peJ
Moost hafe proken some panks on his vay to de seaA
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Id is he Und er lebt noch he lifes ve all sayA
Der Breitmann Oldt Breitmann Hans Breitmann Herr JeA
Und ve roosh to emprace him und shtill more ve findH
Dat vherefer he'd peen he'd left noding pehineI
In bofe of his poots dere vas porte moneys crammedH
Mit creen packs stoof full all his haversack jammedH
In his bockets cold dollars vere shinglin' deir doonsA
Mit dwo doozen votches und four dozen shpoonsA
Und dwo silber tea pods for makin' his deaA
Der ghosdt hafe pring mit him en route to de seaA
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Mit goot sweed botatoes und doorkies und riceA
Ve makes him a sooper of efery dings niceA
Und de bummers hoont roundt apout alle wie einI
Dill dey findt a plantaschion mit parrels of weinI
Den t'vas Here's to you Breitmann Alt Schwed bist zur ckB
Vot teufels you makes since dis fourteen nights veekB
Und ve holds von shtupendous and derriple shpreeG
For shoy dat der Breitmann has got to de seaA
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But in fain tid we ashk vhere der Breitmann hat peenI
Vot he tid vot he pass droo or vot he might seenI
Vhere he kits his vine horse or who gafe him dem woonsA
Und how Brovidence plessed him mit tea pods und shpoonsA
For to all of dem queeries he only rebliesA
If you dells me no quesdions I ashks you no liesA
So 'Twas glear dat some derriple mysh'dry moost peJ
Vhere he kits all dat ploonder he prings to de seaA
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Dere ish bapers in Richmond dells derriple liesA
How Sherman's grand armee hafe raise deir soopliesA
For ve readt in brindt dat der Sheneral GrantH
Say de bummers hafe only shoost take vat dey vantH
But 'Tis vhispered dat vhile a refolfer'll go roundH
Der BREITMANN vill nefer a peggin' be foundH
Or shtarvin' ash brisner by doonder not heA
Vhile der Teufel could help him to ged to de seaA

Charles G. Leland



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