'a Gallant Gentleman' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEDD DFDFGG HIHIJJ KLDLC BDBDMM MNMNOO MMMMDD PQPQPP QMQMQQ DCDCRS ADADMM MTMTUU VDVDW XHXHVV MVMVYZ A2MA2MB2 VVVVC2C2 VAVD2 M VMVMAA QVQVXX VQVQVV MD2MD2E2A month ago the world grew grey fer me | A |
A month ago the light went out fer Rose | B |
To 'er they broke it gentle as might be | A |
But fer 'is pal 'twus one uv them swift blows | B |
That stops the 'eart beat fer to me it came | C |
Jist 'Killed in Action ' an' beneath 'is name | C |
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'Ow many times 'ave I sat dreamin' 'ere | D |
An' seen the boys returnin' gay an' proud | E |
I've seen the greetin's 'eard 'is rousin' cheer | D |
An' watched ole Mick come stridin' thro' the crowd | E |
'Ow many times 'ave I sat in this chair | D |
An' seen 'is 'ard chiv grinnin' over there | D |
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'E's laughed an' told me stories uv the war | D |
Changed some 'e looked but still the same ole Mick | F |
Keener an' cleaner than 'e wus before | D |
'E's took me 'and an' said 'e's in great nick | F |
Sich wus the dreamin's uv a fool 'oo tried | G |
To jist crack 'ardy an' 'old gloom aside | G |
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An' now well wot's the odds I'm only one | H |
One out uv many 'oo 'as lost a friend | I |
Manlike I'll bounce again an' find me fun | H |
But fer Poor Rose it seems the bitter end | I |
Fer Rose an' sich as Rose when one man dies | J |
It seems the world goes black before their eyes | J |
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Ar well if Mick could 'ear me blither now | K |
I know jist wot 'e'd say an' 'ow 'e'd look | L |
'Aw cut it out mate chuck that silly row | D |
There ain't so sense in takin' sich things crook | L |
I've took me gamble an' there's none to blame | C |
Becos I drew a blank it's in the game ' | - |
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A parson cove he broke the noos to Rose | B |
A friend uv mine a bloke wiv snowy 'air | D |
An' gentle soothin' sort o'ways 'oo goes | B |
Thro' life jist 'umpin' others' loads uv care | D |
Instid uv Mick jist one rough soljer lad | M |
Yeh'd think 'e'd lost the dearest friend 'e 'ad | M |
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But 'ow kin blows be sof'n'd sich as that | M |
Rose took it as 'er sort must take sich things | N |
An' if the jolt uv it 'as knocked me flat | M |
Well 'oo is there to blame 'er if it brings | N |
Black thorts that comes to women when they frets | O |
An' makes 'er tork wild tork an' foolish threats | O |
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An' then there comes the letter that wus sent | M |
To give the strength uv Ginger's passin' out | M |
A long straight letter frum a bloke called Trent | M |
'Tain't no use tellin' wot it's orl about | M |
There's things that's in it I kin see quite clear | D |
Ole Ginger Mick ud be ashamed to 'ear | D |
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Things praisin 'im that pore ole Mick ud say | P |
Wus comin' it too 'ot fer spare me days | Q |
I well remember that 'e 'ad a way | P |
Uv curlin' up when 'e wus slung bokays | Q |
An' Trent 'e seems to think that in some way | P |
'E owes Mick somethin' that 'e can't repay | P |
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Well p'raps 'e does an' in the note 'e sends | Q |
'E arsts if Mick 'as people 'e kin find | M |
Fer Trent's an English toff wiv swanky friends | Q |
An' wants to 'elp wot Ginger's left be'ind | M |
'E sez strange things in this 'ere note 'e sends | Q |
'He was a gallant gentleman ' it ends | Q |
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A gallant gentleman Well I dunno | D |
I 'ardly think that Mick ud like that name | C |
But this 'ere Trent's a toff an' ort to know | D |
The breedin' uv the stock frum which 'e came | C |
Gallant an' game Mick might 'a' bin but then | R |
Lord Fancy 'im among the gentlemen | S |
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'E wus a man that's good enough fer me | A |
'Oo wus 'is cobber many years before | D |
'E writ it plain fer other blokes to see | A |
An' proved it good an' pleny at the war | D |
'E wus a man an' by the way 'e died | M |
'E wus a man 'is friend can claim wiv pride | M |
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The way 'e died Gawd but it makes me proud | M |
I ever 'eld 'is 'and to read that tale | T |
An' Trent is one uv that 'igh steppin' crowd | M |
That don't sling pral'se around be ev'ry mail | T |
To 'im it seemed some great 'eroic lurk | U |
But Mick I know jist took it wiv 'is work | U |
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No matter wot 'e done It's jist a thing | V |
I knoo 'e'd do if once 'e got the show | D |
An' it would never please 'im fer to sling | V |
Tall tork at 'im jist cos 'e acted so | D |
'Don't make a song uv it ' I 'ear 'im growl | W |
'I've done me limit an' tossed in the tow'l ' | - |
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This little job 'e knoo an' I know well | X |
A thousand uv 'is cobbers would 'ave done | H |
Fer they are soljers an' it's crook to tell | X |
A tale that marks fer praise a single one | H |
An' that's 'ow Mick wopuold 'ave it as I kow | V |
An' as 'e'd 'ave it so we'll let it go | V |
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Trent tells 'ow when they found 'im near the end | M |
'E starts a fag an' grins orl bright an' gay | V |
An' when they arsts fer messages to send | M |
To friends 'is look goes dreamin' far away | V |
'Look after Rose ' 'e sez 'when I move on | Y |
Look after Rose Mafeesh ' An' 'e wus gone | Z |
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'We buried 'im ' sez Trent 'down by the beach | A2 |
We put mimosa on the mound uv sand | M |
Above 'im 'Twus the nearest thing in reach | A2 |
To golden wattle uv 'is native land | M |
But never wus the fairest wattle wreath | B2 |
More golden than the 'eart uv 'im beneath ' | - |
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An' so Mafeesh as Mick 'ad learned to say | V |
'E's finished an' there's few 'as marked 'im go | V |
Only one soljer outed in the fray | V |
'Oo took 'is gamble an' 'oo 'a 'is show | V |
There's few to mourn 'im an' the less they leave | C2 |
The less uv sorrer fewer 'earts to grieve | C2 |
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An' when I'm feelin' blue an' mopin' 'ere | V |
About h epal I've lorst Doreen my wifem | A |
She come an' takes my 'and an' tells me 'Dear | V |
Ther's be more cause to mourn a wasted life | D2 |
'E proved 'imself a man an' 'e's at rest ' | - |
An' so I tries to think sich things is best | M |
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A gallant gentleman Well let it go | V |
They sez they've put them words above 'is 'ead | M |
Out there where lonely graves stretch in a row | V |
But Mick 'ell never mind it now 'e's dead | M |
An' where 'e's gone when they weigh praise an' blame | A |
P'raps gentlemen an' men is much the same | A |
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They fights an' orl the land is filled wiv cheers | Q |
They dies an' 'ere an' there a 'eart is broke | V |
An' when I weighs it orl the shouts the tears | Q |
I sees it's well Mick wus a lonely bloke | V |
'E found a game 'e knoo an' played it well | X |
An' now 'e's gone Wot more is there to tell | X |
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A month ago fer me the world grew grey | V |
A month ago the light went out fer Rose | Q |
Becos one common soljer crossed the way | V |
Leavin' a common message as 'e goes | Q |
But ev'ry dyin' soljer's 'ope lies there | V |
'Look after Rose Mafeesh ' Gawd It's a pray'r | V |
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That's wot it is an' when yeh sort it out | M |
Shuttin' yer ears to orl the sounds o' strife | D2 |
The shouts the cheers the curses 'oo kin doubt | M |
The claims uv women mother sweet'eart wife | D2 |
An' 'oos to 'ear our soljers' dyin' wish | E2 |
An' 'oo's to 'eed 'Look after Rose Mafeesh ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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