A Message: Armistice Day 1936 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDDD EE FFGHBIC JJ AAEEKKL MM NNI BBBC OO| I got dreamin' that a message come in some mysterious way | A |
| From one ole pal of mine gone West this many an' many a day | A |
| A bloke the name of Ginger Mick a fightin' cove I knoo | B |
| But 'e's Digger Corporal Mick Esquire late A I F to you | C |
| 'E got 'is on Gallipoli an' sleeps there with the best | D |
| Not leavin' very much be'ind excep' one small request | D |
| 'Look after things ' was all 'e said when 'e was mortal 'urt | D |
| Dead sure 'is mates that's me an' you would never do 'im dirt | D |
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| Think of it in the Silence with yer 'eads bowed low | E |
| Do we keep the unspoke compact with the men we used to know | E |
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| For I dreams it in the silence of a dark Remembrance Eve | F |
| An' the message seems to tell me it is gettin' late to grieve | F |
| 'But if you seem to miss us still then get the sob stuff o'er | G |
| An' think about the things wot we went an' fought a war | H |
| Send up a pray r an' dropp a tear an' bend a reverent knee | B |
| Says Digger Corporal Ginger Mick A I F says 'e | I |
| But is them things we fought for still the things most dear to you | C |
| The honor an' the glory an' the mateship that we knew ' | - |
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| Think of it in the Silence when the Last Post plays | J |
| The splendid glimpse of Truth we 'ad once in the bitter days | J |
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| 'Grief is a passin' compliment ' the message seems to say | A |
| But tears don't carry on the job for men that drift away | A |
| We 'ad small time or taste for such where guns was raisin' 'ell | E |
| When we got busy plantin' blokes an' wishin' 'em farewell | E |
| We blowed sad music over 'em plain Digs or Brass 'at Knuts | K |
| But we played a quick step comin' back to show we 'ad the guts | K |
| Our speech was rough our ways was tough tough as our bloody game | L |
| Are the rough tough lads still honored like when the Terror came ' | - |
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| Think of it in the Silence when their spirits hover near | M |
| The vision and the vows that held while still the land knew fear | M |
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| 'E's sleepin' on Gallipoli At least 'is bones is there | N |
| Bones worth a ton of livin' flesh that won't play fair | N |
| Not till the Terror comes again 'An' when it does ' says 'e | I |
| If gods you've worshipped let you down well don't blame me ' | - |
| 'E's seen a lot an' learned a lot most like where 'e 'as gone | B |
| An' 'eaven 'elp us when we meet if we ain't carried on | B |
| A vulgar person Ginger Mick a fightin' cove I knoo | B |
| But Digger Corporal Ginger Mick if you please to you | C |
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| Think of it in the Silence an' if you pray pray deep | O |
| That all we 'ave an' all we are old loyalties shall keep | O |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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