Billy's Policeman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGHIHI I IJDKDK LMNMODO| I knew a policeman once | A |
| And this is true as it ever could be | B |
| Who made me feel an awful dunce | A |
| 'Cos I lost my dad and it frightened me | B |
| He came and took me by the hand | C |
| 'Well now ' said he 'young fella me lad | D |
| No need to cry I understand | C |
| You'll soon be back with mummy and dad ' | E |
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| I knew the big policeman well | F |
| Before he'd talked the teeniest while | G |
| Such a lot of things he had to tell | F |
| And he had the cheeriest merriest smile | G |
| I've got a nipper at home like you | H |
| So high young fella me lad ' he said | I |
| And all at once as true as true | H |
| I forgot to cry and I laughed instead | I |
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| And then the big policeman said | I |
| 'Ho that's the stuff for the troops old son ' | - |
| The funniest things came into his head | I |
| And I laughed and laughed at every one | J |
| And when they found my mummy and dad | D |
| And he patted my head and said good bye | K |
| Somehow or other I felt quite sad | D |
| But I knew he'd be sorry to see me cry | K |
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| I know that all policemen now | L |
| Are just like that and it's silly to think | M |
| They frown and bully and make a row | N |
| Why you ought to have seen my merry one wink | M |
| And when I pass where he has his beat | O |
| When I'm out for a walk with mummy and dad | D |
| I wave to my big friend in the street | O |
| 'What Ho ' says he 'young fella me lad ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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