The Merry Sportsmen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIHI JKJKHLHL MIMIGMGI NGNGOIOI PQPQGIGI| 'Arry an' me is bits of sports | A |
| When the summer comes around | B |
| We gits our sweaters an' guns an' shorts | A |
| An' we seeks out 'untin' ground | B |
| Tennis an' 'ikin' we reckons tame | C |
| So we shuns the cissy push | D |
| An' goes in more for a 'e man sport | E |
| Shootin' out in the bush | D |
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| Week end 'fore last we 'ad some fun | F |
| Close up to a record day | G |
| For a real good bag fell to each gun | F |
| Pea rific that's to say | G |
| But the gem of it all was that darn fool bird | H |
| I got while 'e's 'avin' a barf | I |
| At the edge of a pool 'E looked absurd | H |
| Chee 'Arry an' me did larf | I |
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| By lunch I'd potted a decent bag | J |
| Three parrots a thrush an' a jack | K |
| An' 'Arry two wrens an' a lark an' a mag | J |
| Then we camps at a creek near the track | K |
| When up comes a coot in a rig absurd | H |
| Wot talks like some bug 'untin' fool | L |
| But 'Arry sez ''Ist ' An' 'e points to a bird | H |
| Wot is 'avin' a barf at a pool | L |
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| 'Wot a charmin' pitcher ' this strange bloke said | M |
| But I ups with me gun in a jiff | I |
| An' jist as the dicky bird's duckin' 'is 'ead | M |
| I skittles the beggar stiff | I |
| Well you should 'a' seen 'ow this strange bloke gapes | G |
| Lip like a motherless colt | M |
| An' eyes stickin' out like a couple o' grapes | G |
| Chee 'Arry an' me did larf | I |
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| 'E goggles a bit then 'e goes orf pop | N |
| But we're two to 'is one so we smiles | G |
| Then he threatens to give us in charge to a cop | N |
| Fat chance There ain't one in miles | G |
| Red robin it was If you only 'ad seen | O |
| Real trustful like 'avin' 'is barf | I |
| When Plunk An' 'is blood spurts over the green | O |
| Chee Arry an' me did larf | I |
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| I can't stop larfin' whenever I think | P |
| Of that comedy there by the creek | Q |
| Singin' robin 'e was with a breast all pink | P |
| We are goin' again nex' week | Q |
| There 'e was splashin' all over the place | G |
| When I darn near blows 'im in 'arf | I |
| An' if you'd saw the look on that strange cove's face | G |
| Chee 'Arry an' me did larf | I |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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