'ave A 'eart! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC CDCDCC EFEFC GHGHC HCHCC HDHDII JJJKCC JDJDHH CLCLMM HBHBHH CNCNO CHCHCC DJDJP CHCHHH HCHCCC DMDMHH HQHQCC HHHHNN CPCPDD R RSHH PT TUU CJCJHH VJVJCC WHWHC VCVCH HW JPP CCCH DHDHC| ''Ere 'Ave a 'eart ' 'e sez 'Why love a duck | A |
| A 'uman bein' ain't a choppin' block | B |
| There ain't no call fer you to go an' chuck | A |
| A man about when 'e 'as took the knock | B |
| Gaw Do yeh want to bust 'im all apart | C |
| 'Ere 'Ave a 'eart | C |
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| 'Aw 'ave a 'eart ' 'e weeps 'A fight's a fight | C |
| But strike me bandy this is bloody war | D |
| It's murder An' you got no blasted right | C |
| To arst a 'uman man to come fer more | D |
| 'E 'ad no chance with you right frum the start | C |
| Aw 'ave a 'eart | C |
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| 'Yeh've pulped 'is dile ' 'e whines 'yeh've pinched 'is gun | E |
| Yeh've bunged 'is eye 'an bashed in 'arf 'is teeth | F |
| 'Struth Ain't yeh satisfied with wot yeh've done | E |
| Or are you out to fit 'im fer a wreath | F |
| The man's 'arf dead a'ready Wot's yer dart | C |
| Say 'ave a 'eart ' | - |
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| I never did 'ear sich a bloke to squeal | G |
| About a trifle This 'ere pal uv Spike's | H |
| Don't seem to 'ave the stummick fer a deal | G |
| Uv solid stoush rough work don't soot 'is likes | H |
| 'E ain't done much but blather frum the start | C |
| ''Ere 'ave a 'eart ' | - |
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| A rat face coot 'e is with rat like nerves | H |
| That's got all jangled with ixceedin' fright | C |
| While I am 'andin' Spike wot 'e deserves | H |
| But twice 'e tried to trip me in the fight | C |
| The little skunk now sobbin' like a tart | C |
| 'Aw 'ave a 'eart ' | - |
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| This 'ere's the pretty pitcher in Ah Foo's | H |
| Back privit room Spite Wegg well on the floor | D |
| Is bleedin' pretty with a bonzer bruise | H |
| Paintin' one eye an' 'arf 'is clobber tore | D |
| While me the conq'rin' 'ero stan's above | I |
| 'Owlin' me love | I |
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| The rat face mutt is dancin' up an' down | J |
| Ah Foo is singin' jazz in raw Chinee | J |
| The parson's starin' at me with a frown | J |
| As if 'e thort sich things could never be | K |
| An' I'm some bloke 'e's but 'arf rekernised | C |
| 'E's 'ipnertised | C |
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| Foo's furniture is scattered any'ow | J |
| Artisic like in bits about the floor | D |
| An' 'arf a dozen blokes drawn by the row | J |
| Nosey but nervis 'overs near the door | D |
| I ain't no pitcher orf no chocklit box | H |
| I've took some knocks | H |
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| I ain't no pitcher But Glory But | C |
| Ther's dicky birds awarblin' in me soul | L |
| To think that I ain't lost that upper cut | C |
| An' my left 'ook's still with me good an' whole | L |
| I feared me punch was dead but I was wrong | M |
| Me 'eart's all song | M |
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| Then as Spike makes a move I raised me mits | H |
| Fearin' a foul an' Rat face does 'is block | B |
| 'E loosens up a string uv epi tits | H |
| That seem to jolt the parson with a shock | B |
| Filthy an' free they was make no mistakes | H |
| Then Snowy wakes | H |
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| All through the fight 'e 'ad seemed kind uv dazed | C |
| Ubsorbin' it like some saint in a dream | N |
| But now 'e straightened up 'is ole eyes blazed | C |
| An' as the filth flowed in a red 'ot stream | N |
| 'Is voice blew in like cool winds frum the south | O |
| 'Shut that foul mouth ' | - |
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| 'Shut your vile mouth or by the Lord ''Is 'and | C |
| Went up an' there was anger on 'is face | H |
| But Rat face ducked 'E weren't the man to stand | C |
| Agin that figger uv avengin' grace | H |
| Ducked or 'e might uv stopped one 'oly smite | C |
| Frum Snowy's right | C |
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| 'Young friend ' 'E turns to me An' then I 'ear | D |
| A yell 'The cops The cops is in the Lane | J |
| 'Parson ' I sez 'we are de tropp I fear | D |
| Mid 'appier scenes I'll vencher to ixplain | J |
| 'Ang to me 'and an' wave no fond farewell | P |
| But run like 'ell ' | - |
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| Some say wrong livin' reaps no good reward | C |
| Well I dunno If I 'ad not cut loose | H |
| In Spadgers in them days long long deplored | C |
| 'Ow could I knowed the run uv Foo's caboose | H |
| That back way entrance used fer Chiner's friends' | H |
| Un'oly ends | H |
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| Out by a green door down a flight uv stairs | H |
| Along a passige up another flight | C |
| Through 'arf a dozen rooms broadcastin' scares | H |
| To twenty yellow men pea green with fright | C |
| Me an' the parson through that 'eathen land | C |
| Trips 'and in 'and | C |
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| Out uv dark corners voices 'ere an' there | D |
| Break sudden with a jabberin' sing song | M |
| Like magpies flutin' on the mornin' air | D |
| We pays no 'eed to them but plug along | M |
| Twistin' an' turnin' through them secret ways | H |
| Like in a maze | H |
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| I bust a bolted door The parson gasps | H |
| The air inside is 'eavy with the drug | Q |
| A fat Chow goggles at the broken hasps | H |
| Another dreams un'eedin' on a rug | Q |
| Out by the other door past piles uv fruit | C |
| 'Ow we did scoot | C |
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| Red lanterns lacquer work brass pots strange smells | H |
| Silk curtains slippers baskets ginger jars | H |
| A squealin' Chinee fiddle tinklin' bells | H |
| Queer works uv art filth fowls ducks iron bars | H |
| To winders All pass by us in a stream | N |
| Like 'twuz a dream | N |
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| Down to a cellar up agen an' out | C |
| Bananers brandy jars we rush pell mell | P |
| Turnin' to left to right then round about | C |
| The parson after said it seemed like 'ell | P |
| Through one last orful pong then up a stair | D |
| Into clean air | D |
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| We're in a little yard no thing to stop | R |
| Our flight to freedom but a fence 'Now jump ' | - |
| I grabs 'is rev'rince 'eaves 'im to the top | R |
| An' bungs me own frame over with a bump | S |
| 'Dam ' sez the parson or it sounded so | H |
| But I dunno | H |
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| Seems that 'is coat got 'itched up on a nail | P |
| 'E jerks it free an' gently comes to earth | T |
| 'Peter the 'ermit's 'ome ' I sez 'All 'ail ' | - |
| An' makes punk noises indicatin' mirth | T |
| The parson 'e walks on as still as death | U |
| Seems out o' breath | U |
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| I walk beside 'im but 'e sez no word | C |
| To put it straight I'm feelin' pretty mean | J |
| Feelin' a bit ashamed uv wot's occurred | C |
| But still I never planned to 'ave no scene | J |
| With Spike I didn't start the flamin' row | H |
| Not any'ow | H |
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| I tells 'im so But still 'e never spoke | V |
| I arsts 'im 'ow else could the thing be done | J |
| I tells 'im straight I'd let no flamin' bloke | V |
| Take pot shots at me with no flamin' gun | J |
| 'E stops an' pats me shoulder with 'is 'and | C |
| 'I understand | C |
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| 'Young friend ' 'Is face is orful stern an' grave | W |
| 'The brawl was not your seekin' we'll suppose | H |
| But does it 'elp this girL we wish to save | W |
| 'Ow can sich mad brutality serve Rose | H |
| May be in anger you fergot young friend | C |
| Our Christian end ' | - |
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| 'Not on yer life ' I tells 'im 'Spike's in soak | V |
| Whether the cops 'ave got 'im now or not | C |
| An' that removes one interferin' bloke | V |
| Wot 'ad a mind to queer our 'oly plot | C |
| Tomorrer we'll find Rose an' work good works | H |
| With gentler lurks ' | - |
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| 'Gentler ' 'e sez 'I 'ope so ' Still 'e's grave 'The ways uv 'Eaven's strange ' 'e sez 'an' yours | H |
| Is stranger still Yet all may work to save | W |
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| One strugglin' soul if 'Eaven's grace endures ' | - |
| 'E's dreadful solemn | J |
| 'I must own I feel | P |
| Grieved a great deal | P |
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| 'Your face ' 'e sez 'is very badly cut ' | - |
| 'Now look ' I chips ''Old on Let's git this right | C |
| 'Oo was it tried to stoush that rat face mutt | C |
| 'Oo was it barracked for me in the fight | C |
| 'Oo was it used that word uv evul sense | H |
| Up on that fence ' | - |
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| 'Young friend ' Indignant 'Struth I see 'im try | D |
| To keep reel stern But soon I rekernise | H |
| The little twinkle stealin' in 'is eye | D |
| That won't keep out no matter 'ow 'e tries | H |
| An' then 'is twitchin' lips smile wide apart | C |
| 'Aw 'ave a 'eart ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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