His First Long Trousers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFG HIJCKLHL IIHIHEKG HLKLHMHM NDKDIGHG| SAY young fellow just a minute | A |
| They 're your first long trousers eh | B |
| And your little gray knee breeches | C |
| Are forever put away | D |
| And your blouses and your stockings | C |
| And your little caps are gone | E |
| For the shirts and cuffs of manhood | F |
| And you've got a derby on | G |
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| Yes you look well in them sonny | H |
| Why I can't believe my eyea | I |
| For it doesn't seem a year ago | J |
| Since you were just this size | C |
| And a little pink cheeked youngster | K |
| Why you toddled more than ran | L |
| Every night to meet your daddy | H |
| And today you are a man | L |
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| Oh I don't know how to tell you | I |
| But I want to yes I do | I |
| That your mother and your daddy | H |
| Both are mighty proud of you | I |
| And we 're going to miss the baby | H |
| That from us today has gone | E |
| But that baby we'll remember | K |
| Though he has long trousers on | G |
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| We 're banking on you sonny | H |
| We'll help you all we can | L |
| But it's up to you remember | K |
| Now to prove you are a man | L |
| You can make us mighty happy | H |
| You can make us mighty sad | M |
| Just remember it's not manly | H |
| To do things you know are bad | M |
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| I 'm not going to preach a sermon | N |
| Mother's put your blouse away | D |
| And your breeches and I saw her | K |
| Crying over them today | D |
| And I thought perhaps I 'd give you | I |
| Just a thought to dwell upon | G |
| Please remember you 're her baby | H |
| Though you've got long trousers on | G |
Edgar Albert Guest
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