The Defence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJKLK EHMHNONO PQRRSTFT NUVUWKXK YKBKTEZA2E| Not guilty yer Honers I talks to yer straight | A |
| An' I calls it a pretty crook game | B |
| An' an 'og of a thing if the coppers should bring | C |
| Such dishonor as this on me name | B |
| On me name that 'as stood fer up'oldin' the good | D |
| It's enough to make any bloke weep | E |
| An' the goods as they says I received spare me days | F |
| Don't I tell yer I bought 'em dirt cheap | E |
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| Yes I bought 'em dirt cheap an' I says to the Bench | G |
| As a man 'oo acts honest an' square | H |
| That me solid defence is poun's shillin's an' pence | I |
| An' I arsts yer to deal with me fair | H |
| Fer it's more than a joke when a square livin' bloke | J |
| Is 'ad up fer committin' a crime | K |
| Fer the JOHN 'ere 'e swears to the goods an' declares | L |
| As I knoo they was pinched at the time | K |
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| But gentlemen listen I bought 'em dirt cheap | E |
| As the bloke 'ere who sold 'em kin swear | H |
| But they say 'e was crook an' the goods that 'e took | M |
| Wasn't got so to speak on the square | H |
| Well per'aps that's all true an' they ses that I knoo | N |
| They wus pinched when I made 'im the bid | O |
| It 'ud be a fair sin fer to miss that chuck in | N |
| So I arsts Wot's the odds if I did | O |
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| 'Ere's the Cop ses I'm charged with receivin' the goods | P |
| As I bloomin' well knoo to be stole | Q |
| But then that isn't stealin' meself an' I feel | R |
| As I orn't to be in this 'ole | R |
| Fer I never stole things in me life an' I brings | S |
| Twenty witnesses 'ere fer to say | T |
| That in all er me days I 'ave allus earned praise | F |
| Fer up'oldin' the straight honest way | T |
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| Yus I allus 'ave preached that to steal wus a sin | N |
| An' I never pinched things in me life | U |
| An' I brings up me kids as strict honesty bids | V |
| An' I gotter respectable wife | U |
| I am known in our street as a man 'ard to beat | W |
| At comdemnin' all thievin' an' crime | K |
| An' there's clergymen 'ere as is ready to clear | X |
| Up me character every time | K |
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| So yer Honers I arsts to be cleared o' the charge | Y |
| An' I think yet should say at the time | K |
| Me respectable name is quite free frum all blame | B |
| In connection with thievin' an' crime | K |
| Fer me great repitation's at stake in a way | T |
| It's a thing as I'm anxious ter keep | E |
| Fer I never been once in the Wot's that | Z |
| SIX MUNCE | A2 |
| But yer Honers I got them things cheap | E |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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