The I'd Like To Be........ Series Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBBCBD AEEEEECED EFFFFFCFD AGGGGGCGD AEEEEECED EHHHHHCHD AIIIIICID| The Sailor | A |
| I'd like to be a sailor a sailor bold and bluff | B |
| Calling out Ship ahoy in manly tones and gruff | B |
| I'd learn to box the compass and to reef and tack and luff | B |
| I'd sniff and sniff the briny breeze and never get enough | B |
| Perhaps I'd chew tobacco or an old black pipe I'd puff | B |
| But I wouldn't be a sailor if | C |
| The sea was very rough | B |
| Would you | D |
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| The Porter | A |
| I'd like to be a porter and always on the run | E |
| Calling out Stand aside and asking leave of none | E |
| Shoving trucks on people's toes and having splendid fun | E |
| Slamming all the carriage doors and locking every one | E |
| And when they asked to be let in I'd say It can't be done | E |
| But I wouldn't be a porter if | C |
| The luggage weighed a ton | E |
| Would you | D |
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| The Pieman | E |
| I'd like to be a Pieman and ring a little bell | F |
| Calling out Hot pies Hot pies to sell | F |
| Apple pies and Meat pies Cherry pies as well | F |
| Lots and lots and lots of pies more than you can tell | F |
| Big rich Pork pies Oh the lovely smell | F |
| But I wouldn't be a Pieman if | C |
| I wasn't very well | F |
| Would you | D |
| - | |
| The Barber | A |
| I'd like to be a barber and learn to shave and clip | G |
| Calling out Next please and pocketing my tip | G |
| All day I'd hear my scissors going Snip Snip Snip | G |
| I'd lather people's faces and their noses I would grip | G |
| While I shaved most carefully along the upper lip | G |
| But I wouldn't be a barber if | C |
| The razor was to slip | G |
| Would you | D |
| - | |
| The Teacher | A |
| I'd like to be a teacher and have a clever brain | E |
| Calling out Attention please and Must I speak in vain | E |
| I'd be quite strict with boys and girls whose minds I had to train | E |
| And all the books and maps and things I'd carefully explain | E |
| I'd make then learn the dates of kings and all the capes of Spain | E |
| But I wouldn't be a teacher if | C |
| I couldn't use the cane | E |
| Would you | D |
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| The Postman | E |
| I'd like to be a postman and walk along the street | H |
| Calling out Good Morning Sir to gentlemen I meet | H |
| Ringing every door bell all along my beat | H |
| In my cap and uniform so very nice and neat | H |
| Perhaps I'd have a parasol in case of rain or heat | H |
| But I wouldn't be a postman if | C |
| The walking hurt my feet | H |
| Would you | D |
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| The Baker | A |
| I'd like to be a baker and come when morning breaks | I |
| Calling out Beeay ko that's the sound he makes | I |
| Riding in a rattle cart that jogs and jolts and shakes | I |
| Selling all the sweetest things a baker ever bakes | I |
| Currant buns and brandy snaps pastry all in flakes | I |
| But I wouldn't be a baker if | C |
| I couldn't eat the cakes | I |
| Would you | D |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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