Happy Heathen: (with Limited Apologies To G.k.c.) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE AGHGIJKJ ALMLNAOP ALQLARSR| The heathen's not efficient | A |
| He sits down in the sun | B |
| And doesn't care a tuppn'y dump | C |
| When the day's work's begun | B |
| He works to eat and eats to live | D |
| All day he'll dance and sing | E |
| And if you mention overtime | F |
| He laughs like anything | E |
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| But we are most efficient | A |
| And goodness Look at us | G |
| Our nights are filled with restless dreams | H |
| Our days with fret and fuss | G |
| And we can have depressions | I |
| And modern things like that | J |
| And monoplanes and motor cars | K |
| And trousers and a hat | J |
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| The heathen's not efficient | A |
| He does not value gold | L |
| And when we'd teach him of its worth | M |
| He simply won't be told | L |
| He'll hang gold coins about his neck | N |
| For foolish ornament | A |
| While half a bread fruit or a ham | O |
| Bring him complete content | P |
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| Oh we are most efficient | A |
| We'd pile up heaps of gold | L |
| And leave it to ungrateful heirs | Q |
| When we descend to mould | L |
| But the heathen's not efficient | A |
| He is lazy free unkempt | R |
| And from the highly civilized | S |
| Earns nothing but contempt | R |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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