Joey's Job Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHBB IIJJKK LLMMNN OODDPP DDDDBB QQNNEE RRDDSS| In days before the trouble Jo was rated as a slob | A |
| He chose to sit in hourly expectation of a job | A |
| He'd loop hisself upon a post for seldom friends had he | B |
| A gift of patient waitin' his distinctif quality | B |
| He'd linger in a doorway or he'd loiter on the grass | C |
| Edgin' modestly aside to let the fleetin' moments pass | C |
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| Jo' begged a bob from mother but more often got a clout | D |
| And settled down with cigarettes to smoke the devil out | D |
| The one consistent member of the Never Trouble Club | E |
| He put a satin finish on the frontage of the pub | E |
| His shoulder blades were pokin' out from polishin' the pine | F |
| But if a job ran at him Joey's footwork was divine | F |
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| Jo strayed in at the cobbler's door but scoffed at as a fool | G |
| He found the conversation too exhaustin' as a rule | G |
| Or canted on the smithy coke he'd hoist his feet and yawn | H |
| His boots slid up his shinbones and his pants displayin' brawn | H |
| And if the copper chanced along 'twas beautyful to see | B |
| Joe wear away and made hisself a fadest memory | B |
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| Then came the universal nark The Kaiser let her rip | I |
| They cleared the ring The scrap was for the whole world's championship | I |
| Jo Brown was takin' notice lurkin' shy beneath his hat | J |
| And every day he crept to see the drillin' on the flat | J |
| He waited watchin' from the furze the blokes in butcher's blue | K |
| For the burst of inspiration that would tell him what to do | K |
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| He couldn't lean he couldn't lie He yelled out in the night | L |
| Jo understood he'd all these years been spoilin' for a fight | L |
| Right into things he flung himself He took his kit and gun | M |
| Mooched gladly in the dust or roasted gaily in the sun | M |
| Gorstruth he said with shining eyes it means a frightful war | N |
| 'N' now I know this is the thing that Heaven meant me for | N |
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| Jo went away a corporal and fought again the Turk | O |
| And like a duck to water Joey cottoned to the work | O |
| If anythin' was doin' it would presently come out | D |
| That Joseph Brown from Booragool was there or thereabout | D |
| He got a batch of medals and a glorious renown | P |
| Attached all of a sudden to the name of Sergeant Brown | P |
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| Then people talked of Joey as the dearest friend they had | D |
| They were chummy with his uncles or acquainted with his dad | D |
| Joe goes to France and presently he figure as the best | D |
| Two handed all in fighter in the armies of the West | D |
| And men of every age at home and high and low degree | B |
| We gather now once went to school with Sergeant Brown V C | B |
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| Then Hayes and Jo in Flanders met and very proud was Hayes | Q |
| To shake a townsman by the hand and sing the hero's praise | Q |
| Oh yes says Jo I'm doin' well 'n' yet I might do more | N |
| If I was in a hurry mate to finish up this war | N |
| I'd lay out every Fritz on earth but strike me what a yob | E |
| A man would be to work himself out of a flamnin' job | E |
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| Now Jo's a swell lieutenant and he's keepin' up the pace | R |
| Ha Record says Lieutenant Brown's an honor to the place | R |
| The town gets special mention every time he scores We bet | D |
| If peace don't mess his chances up he'll be Field Marshal yet | D |
| Dad mother and the uncles Brown and all our people know | S |
| That Providence began this war to find a grip for Jo | S |
Edward Dyson
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