The Knight's Return Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCC DEDEFFF GAG HH IJIJAA KAKALL MBMNOOO PGPGBB QRQRII IAIABB SBSTAA UIUIAAA AGAGUUU UMULG G IVIVI I DUDUUU MA NNN CSCSUUU| The conq'rin' 'ero Me Yes I don't think | A |
| This mornin' when I catch the train fer 'ome | B |
| It's far more like a walloped pup I slink | A |
| To kennel with resolves no more to roam | B |
| Crusades is orf I'm fer the simple life | C |
| 'Ome with me trustin' wife | C |
| All safe frum strife | C |
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| I've read uv knights returnin' full uv gyp | D |
| Back to the bewchus lady in the tower | E |
| They never seemed to git dumestic pip | D |
| In them brave days when knighthood was in flower | E |
| But times is changed an' 'usbands 'as to leed | F |
| Fer knight'ood's run to seed | F |
| It 'as indeed | F |
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| Snowy the parson came to say farewell | G |
| 'Young friend ' 'e sez 'You've did a Christian ack | A |
| A noble deed that you'll be glad to tell | G |
| An' boast uv to yer wife when you git back ' | - |
| 'Too true ' I sez reel chirpy 'She'll be proud | H |
| I'll blab it to the crowd | H |
| If I'm allowed ' | - |
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| 'Good bye Good Luck ' 'e sez 'I'll see to Rose | I |
| Make yer mind easy Ierdine yer face | J |
| Bless yeh Good luck young friend ' An' orf we goes | I |
| Me an' me conscience arguin' the case | J |
| An' as we pick up speed an' race along | A |
| The rails make up a song | A |
| 'Yer in all wrong ' | - |
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| 'Yer in all wrong Yer in all wrong Yeh blob | K |
| Why did yeh want to go an' 'unt fer Spike | A |
| Yer in all wrong Becoz yeh liked the job | K |
| That's wot An' don't pretend yeh didn't like | A |
| Yer in all wrong Wot will yeh tell Doreen | L |
| Yeh'll 'ate to 'ave a scene | L |
| Don't yeh feel mean ' | - |
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| Two stations on a w'iskered coot gits in | M |
| I seem to sort uv rekernise some'ow | B |
| But all at once I place 'im an' I grin | M |
| But 'e don't jerry 'e's stone sober now | N |
| It's 'im I scragged in Spadgers number one | O |
| The late suspected gun | O |
| It's Danny Dunn | O |
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| 'Sold that watch yet ole cobber ' I remarks | P |
| 'E grabs 'is bag an' views me battered dile | G |
| With sudden fears uv spielers an' their larks | P |
| But I ixplain 'an' 'e digs up a smile | G |
| 'Ah yes ' 'e drawls 'We met two nights ago | B |
| But I was well you know | B |
| Well jist so so ' | - |
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| 'E pipes me dile again then stammers out | Q |
| 'I'm sorry sonny Stone the crows It's sad | R |
| To see yer face so orful cut about | Q |
| I never thort I walloped you so bad | R |
| I'm sorry lad that we should come to blows | I |
| Black eye An' wot a nose | I |
| Oh stone the crows ' | - |
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| I ease 'is guilty mind about me phiz | I |
| An' we're good cobbers in a 'arf a tick | A |
| Then 'e wades in an' tells me 'oo 'e is | I |
| 'E ain't a bad ole coot when 'e ain't shick | A |
| 'I ain't dead broke ' 'e sez 'That night yeh know | B |
| I was cleaned out uv dough | B |
| An' well so so ' | - |
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| Lookin' fer land 'e is an' 'as 'is eye | S |
| Upon a little farm jist close to me | B |
| If 'e decides to take it by an' by | S |
| 'Why stone the crows I'll look yous up ' sez 'e | T |
| 'I need some friends I ain't got wife nor chick | A |
| An' yous will like me quick | A |
| When I ain't shick ' | - |
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| I leaves 'im tork Me own affairs won't let | U |
| Me pay much 'eed to all 'e 'as to say | I |
| But while 'e's spoutin' sudden like I get | U |
| A bright idear that brings one 'opeful ray | I |
| One thing I 'eard pertickler while 'e spoke | A |
| 'E is a single bloke | A |
| I lets that soak | A |
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| But later on I wished 'e'd sling 'is mag | A |
| The nearer 'ome I get the worse I feel | G |
| The worse I feel the more I chew the rag | A |
| The more I chew the rag this crooked deal | G |
| I've served Doreen looks black an' blacker yet | U |
| I worry till I get | U |
| All one cold sweat | U |
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| I walk 'ome frum the station thinkin' 'ard | U |
| Wot can I tell me wife Gawstruth I been | M |
| Eight long years wed an' never 'ad to guard | U |
| Me tongue before Wot can I tell Doreen | L |
| An' there she's waitin' 'arf ways down our hill | G |
| She takes one look 'Why Bill ' | - |
| I stands stock still | G |
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| 'Oh yes me face ' I larfs 'O' course Me face | I |
| I clean fergot I well to tell the truth | V |
| I Don't look scared I h it's no disgrace | I |
| That dentist Yes yes Pullin' out me tooth | V |
| Reel butcher Nearly frachered both me jors | I |
| Yes dear let's go indoors ' | - |
| Wow 'Oly wars | I |
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| 'Poor Bill Poor Dear 'E must 'ave been a brute ' | - |
| She kisses me fair on me busted lip | D |
| An' all me fears is stilled be that serloot | U |
| Ar wot a fool I was to 'ave the pip | D |
| The game is mine before I 'ardly tried | U |
| Dead easy 'ow I lied | U |
| I'm 'ome an' dried | U |
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| Yet I dunno Me triump' don't last long ' | - |
| Twuz low down some way 'ow I took 'er in | M |
| Like pinchin' frum a kid I feel dead wrong | A |
| The parson calls it 'conshusniss uv sin ' | - |
| I might be but it's got me worried now | N |
| An' conshuns is a cow | N |
| That I'll allow | N |
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| Take it frum me To 'ave a lovin' wife | C |
| Fussin' an' pettin' you jist through a lie | S |
| Like 'er this ev'nin' crools all married life | C |
| If you can't look 'er fair bang in the eye | S |
| An' feel you've earned that trust frum first to last | U |
| You're 'eadin' downward fast | U |
| But Rose Oh blast | U |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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