Breitmann As An Uhlan. V. Breitmann In Bivouac Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDED FDBDBBGB DFBBCBCB BDBDFDBD GBBBBHBH FDBDBBDB DDFDDBE BDBDBAFA BBFBFDFD EIBIBFFF| He sits in bivouacke | A |
| By fire peneat' de drees | B |
| A pottle of champagner | C |
| Held shently on his knees | B |
| His lange Uhlan lanze | B |
| Stuck py him in de sand | D |
| Vhile a goot peas poodin' sausage | E |
| Adorn his oder hand | D |
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| Und jungere Uhlanen | F |
| Sit round mit oben mout' | D |
| To hear der Breitmann's shdories | B |
| Of fitin in de Sout' | D |
| Und he gife dem moral lessons | B |
| How pefore de battle pops | B |
| Take a liddle brayer to Himmel | G |
| Und a goot long trink of schnapps | B |
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| Denn his leutenant bemarket | D |
| How voonder shdrange it peen | F |
| Dat so very many wild pigs | B |
| Ish dis year in de Ardennes | B |
| Ash I sout dere donner'r'wetter | C |
| I sah dem coom heraus | B |
| Shoost here und dere an Eber | C |
| Mit a hoondert tousand sows | B |
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| Shoost dink of all dese she picks | B |
| Vot flet to neutral land | D |
| Said Breitmann Fery easy | B |
| Ish dis to oonderstand | D |
| Dese schwein picks mit de sauen | F |
| Vot you saw a roonin rond | D |
| Ish a crate medempsygosis | B |
| Of the Fr ntsch demi monde | D |
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| I hafe readet in de Bible | G |
| How soosh a coterie | B |
| Vas ge toornet into swine picks | B |
| Und roon down indo de see | B |
| Boot since de see aint handy | B |
| Or de picks vere all too dumm | H |
| Dey hafe coot across de porder | B |
| Und vly to Belgium | H |
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| Now ash dey boorst oud laughin | F |
| Und got more liquor out | D |
| Dey hearden from de sendry | B |
| A shot und denn a shout | D |
| Und Breitmann crasp his sabre | B |
| Quick ash de bullet hiss | B |
| Und leapin out demantet | D |
| Herr'r'r'r Gott vat row ish dis | B |
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| Und bold der Schwabian answert | D |
| Dis minute on de ground | D |
| Dere comed a Fr ntschman greepin | F |
| On all fours a prowlin round | D |
| I ask him vat he vanted | D |
| Werda I gry boot he | B |
| Say nodings to my shallenge | E |
| Und only answer 'Oui ' | - |
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| So I shoot him like der teufels | B |
| Und I rader dink our friend | D |
| Dis sneakin Frank tiroir | B |
| Ish a drawin to his end | D |
| So dey hoonted in de pushes | B |
| Und in avery gorner dig | A |
| Boot mein Gott how dey vas laughin | F |
| Ven dey found a mordered pig | A |
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| Next week dey hear from Paris | B |
| Und reat in de Gaulois | B |
| Of de most adrocious action | F |
| De vorlt vas efer saw | B |
| How de Uhlan cannibalen | F |
| Dis vile und awful prood | D |
| Hafe killt a nople Fr ntschman | F |
| Und cut him oop for food | D |
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| Ja shop him indo sausage | E |
| Und coot him indo ham | I |
| Und schwear dey'll serfe all oders | B |
| Exacdly so py tam | I |
| Sons of France awake to glory | B |
| Let your anciend valor shine | F |
| Und shweep dis Prussian vermin | F |
| Het und dails indo de Rhine | F |
Charles G. Leland
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