Hello, Soldier! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEECCFF BBGGCCCCHHIIII JJKKLLMMNNOOPP LLBBIIQQOOCC CCRROOAASSLLII| Back again 'n' nothin' missin' barrin' arf a hand | A |
| Where an Abdul bit me chokin' in the Holy Land | A |
| 'Struth they got some dirty fighters in the Moslem pack | B |
| Bull nosed slugs their sneakin' snipers spatters in yer back | B |
| Blows a gapin' sort iv pit in | C |
| What a helephant could sit in | C |
| Bounced their bullets if yeh please | D |
| Like the 'oppers in a cheese | D |
| Off me rubber pelt in droves | E |
| Moppin' up the other coves | E |
| So here's me once more at large in | C |
| Bay street Port a bloomin' Sargin' | C |
| Cri it jumbo Have a beer | F |
| Wot o Anzac you're a dear | F |
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| Back once more on Moley's corner loafin' like a dook | B |
| Back on Bourke me livin' image not a slinkin' spook | B |
| Solid ez the day I started medals on me chest | G |
| Switchin' with me pert melacca swankin' with the best | G |
| Where the little wimmen's flowin' | C |
| With their veils 'n' ribbons blowin' | C |
| See their eyes of bloo 'n' brown | C |
| Butterflyin' 'bout the town | C |
| Back at 'ome oh 'struth it's good | H |
| Long cold lagers from the wood | H |
| Ev'ry cobber jumpin' at you | I |
| Strangers duckin' in to bat you | I |
| Good ole Jumbo how're you | I |
| 'Ello soldier howja do | I |
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| Back at Grillo's where the nigger googs his whitey eyes | J |
| Plucks his black ole greasy banjo while the cod steak fries | J |
| Fish 'n' chips a pint iv local and the tidy girl | K |
| Dancin' glad attendance on yeh 'zif yeh was an earl | K |
| Trailin' round the blazin' city | L |
| Feelin' all content 'n' pretty | L |
| Where the smart procession goes | M |
| Prinked 'n' polished to the shows | M |
| One among the happy drive | N |
| 'Sworth the world to be alive | N |
| Dames ez smilin' ez a mother | O |
| Ev'ry man ver fav'rit brother | O |
| 'Ello Jumbo how is it | P |
| Arr there soldier Good 'n' fit | P |
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| Takin' hozone at St Kilder's good enough for me | L |
| Seein' Summer and the star blink simmer in the sea | L |
| Cantin' up me bloomin' cady toyin' with a cig | B |
| Blowin' out me pout a little chattin' wide 'n' big | B |
| When there's skirt around to skite to | I |
| Say 'oo has a better right to | I |
| Done me bit 'n' done it well | Q |
| Got the tag iv plate to tell | Q |
| Square Gallipoli surviver | O |
| With a touch iv Colonel's guyver | O |
| Sargin' Jumbo good ole son | C |
| Soldier soldier you're the one | C |
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| Back again a wounded hero moochin' up 'n' down | C |
| Feelin' 'sthough I'd got a fond arf Nelson on the town | C |
| Never was so gay so 'elp me never felt so kind | R |
| Fresh from 'ell a paradise ain't very hard to find | R |
| After filth 'n' flies 'n' slaughter | O |
| Fat brown babies in the water | O |
| Singin' people on the sand | A |
| Makes a boshter Happy Land | A |
| War what toughened hone 'n' hide | S |
| Turned a feller soft inside | S |
| Great it is the 'earty greetin's | L |
| Friendly digs 'n' cheerful meetin's | L |
| 'Ello Jumbo howja do | I |
| Soldier soldier how're you | I |
Edward Dyson
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