Lorraine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCA CACCC ABCC CCCC CCCCC| ARE you ready for your steeplechase Lorraine Lorraine Lorree | A |
| Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum Baree | A |
| You re booked to ride your capping race to day at Coulterlee | B |
| You re booked to ride Vindictive for all the world to see | C |
| To keep him straight and keep him first and win the run for me | C |
| Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum Baree | A |
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| She clasp d her newborn baby poor Lorraine Lorraine Lorr e | C |
| Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum Barum Baree | A |
| I cannot ride Vindictive as any man might see | C |
| And I will not ride Vindictive with this baby on my knee | C |
| He s kill d a boy he s kill d a man and why must he kill me | C |
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| Unless you ride Vindictive Lorraine Lorraine Lorree | A |
| Unless you ride Vindictive to day at Coulterlee | B |
| And land him safe across the brook and win the blank for me | C |
| It s you may keep your baby for you ll get no keep from me | C |
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| That husbands could be cruel said Lorraine Lorraine Lorr e | C |
| That husbands could be cruel I have known for seasons three | C |
| But oh to ride Vindictive while a baby cries for me | C |
| And be kill d across a fence at last for all the world to see | C |
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| She master d young Vindictive O the gallant lass was she | C |
| And kept him straight and won the race as near as near could be | C |
| But he kill d her at the brook against a pollard willow tree | C |
| Oh he kill d her at the brook the brute for all the world to see | C |
| And no one but the baby cried for poor Lorraine Lorree | C |
Charles Kingsley
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