Jim's Girl Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EEEE FFCCCC GGHHII JJK L MMNDEE EEMMOP QQRRDD EEOODN FFFFFF FFCCCC CCFFEE MMSSFF MMEETT DDOOC UVC FF MMD W O EEX YYO| ''Oo is that girl ' sez Digger Smith | A |
| That never seems to bother with | B |
| No blokes the bint with curly 'air | C |
| I've often seen 'er over there | C |
| Talkin' to Missus Flood an' she | D |
| Seems like a reel ripe peach to me | D |
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| 'Not that I'm askin'' 'Ere 'is eyes | E |
| Goes sort uv swiv'ly an' 'e sighs | E |
| 'Not that I'm askin' with idears | E |
| Uv love an' marridge 'ave no fears | E |
| I've chucked the matrimony plan ' | - |
| 'E sez 'I'm only 'arf a man ' | - |
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| This Digger Smith 'as fairly got | F |
| Me rampin' with 'is ''arf a man' rot | F |
| 'E 'as a timber leg it's true | C |
| But 'e can do the work uv two | C |
| Besides the things 'e's done Out There | C |
| Makes 'im one man an' some to spare | C |
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| I knoo 'is question was jist kid | G |
| 'E'd met this girl I know 'e did | G |
| 'E knoo Jim Flood an' 'er was booked | H |
| For double when the 'Un was cooked | H |
| But seein' 'er it used to start | I |
| 'Im thinkin' of another tart | I |
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| 'Oh 'er ' sez I 'She is a pearl | J |
| I've 'eard she used to be Jim's girl | J |
| But she was jist a child when Jim | K |
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| Got out She 'as forgotten 'im ' | - |
| I knows jist wot is in 'is mind | L |
| An' sez 'Wade in if you're inclined ' | - |
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| 'E give me such a narsty look | M |
| I thought 'e meant to answer crook | M |
| But 'I ain't out for jokes ' sez 'e | N |
| 'Yeh needn't sling that stuff to me | D |
| I only was jist thinkin' p'r'aps | E |
| There's some ' 'e sez 'that sticks to chaps | E |
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| 'Some girls ' sez 'e 'keeps true to chaps | E |
| An' wed 'em when they've done with scraps | E |
| An' come 'ome whole Yeh don't ixpec' | M |
| No tart to tie up with a wreck | M |
| Besides ' 'e sez 'Well any'ow | O |
| That girl's all right I know it now | P |
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| 'I know ' sez Smith 'I got it right | Q |
| Jim used to talk to me at night | Q |
| About a little girl 'e tracked | R |
| Er name is Flo Ain't that a fact | R |
| That's 'er I know she writes to 'im | D |
| Each mail She ain't forgotten Jim | D |
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| 'I'd like to swap my luck for Jim's | E |
| If 'e comes 'ome with all 'is limbs | E |
| An' if 'e don't well I dunno | O |
| I've taken notice uv this Flo | O |
| An' wonder if' 'e stares at me | D |
| 'If there is more like 'er' sez 'e | N |
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| Now Digger Smith as learned a lot | F |
| Out fightin' there but 'e ain't got | F |
| The cunnin' for to 'ide 'is 'eart | F |
| 'E's too damn honest for a start | F |
| 'Is mind's dead simple to a friend | F |
| I've read 'im through from end to end | F |
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| I've learned from things 'e 'asn't said | F |
| Jist wot's been running in 'is 'ead | F |
| I know there is a girl somewhere | C |
| Some one 'oo 'ad the 'eart to care | C |
| For 'im when 'e went to the war | C |
| I know all that an' somethin' more | C |
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| I know that since 'e came back 'ere | C |
| 'E 'asn't seen that girl for fear | C |
| She'd turn 'im down give 'im the bird | F |
| An' 'and 'im out the frozen word | F |
| Because 'e's left a leg in France | E |
| An' 'e's afraid to take the chance | E |
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| Well not afraid p'r'aps but shook | M |
| It's jist the form 'is nerves 'ave took | M |
| Now 'e's been watchin' Flo an' seen | S |
| 'Er style an' 'ow she's always keen | S |
| For news uv Jim Then 'e starts out | F |
| To 'ope an' 'esitate an' doubt | F |
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| 'E wonders if 'is own girl spoke | M |
| Jist this same way about 'er bloke | M |
| 'E wonders if in 'is girl's eyes | E |
| That same look came an' then 'e sighs | E |
| An' dulls 'is senses with that dope | T |
| That 'arf a man ain't got no 'ope | T |
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| 'E makes me tired But all the same | D |
| I tries to work a little game | D |
| 'Look 'ere ' I sez 'About this Flo | O |
| Jim mightn't come back 'ome yeh know | O |
| You 'ave a fly yeh're sure to score | C |
| Besides all's fair in love an'war ' | - |
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| 'Sling that ' 'e sez but I goes on | U |
| 'Ole Jim won't blame yeh when she's gone | V |
| 'E knows the same as me an' you | C |
| These silly tarts they can't keep true ' | - |
| I piles it on until I've got | F |
| 'Im where I want 'im jumpin' 'ot | F |
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| An' then 'e says ''Ere sling that talk | M |
| I might be groggy in me walk | M |
| But if yeh say them things to me | D |
| I'm man enough to crack yeh see ' | - |
| 'Righto ' sez I 'That was me plan | W |
| Now wot about this 'arf a man ' | - |
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| 'E stares at me an' then sez slow | O |
| 'Wot is yer game Wot do yeh know ' | - |
| 'Nothin' ' I tells 'im 'only this | E |
| When there's a waitin' tart to kiss | E |
| Yeh're only 'arf a man but when | X |
| There's blokes to fight yeh're twenty men ' | - |
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| 'Wot tart ' 'e asks 'Yeh mean this Flo ' | - |
| 'P'r'aps not ' I sez 'You ought to know ' | - |
| I waits an' lets me words sink in | Y |
| An' then 'e beats me with that grin | Y |
| 'Match makin' Bill ' 'e laughs 'Oh 'Ell | O |
| You take up knittin' for a spell ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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