The Girl I Left Behind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACCB DBDDEFB GBBBHHB DBDDAIB JBJJHHB DBDDKKB| I said I leave my bit of land | A |
| In khaki they've entwined me | B |
| I go abroad to lend a hand | A |
| Said she My love I understand | A |
| I will be true and though we part | C |
| A thousand years you hold my heart | C |
| The girl I left behind me | B |
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| I went away to fight the Huns | D |
| No coward thought could bind me | B |
| I sizzled n the tropic suns | D |
| I faced the bayonets and the guns | D |
| And when in daring deeds I shone | E |
| One little woman spurred me on | F |
| The girl I left behind me | B |
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| Out there in grim Gallipoli | G |
| Hard going they assigned me | B |
| I pricked the Turk up from the sea | B |
| I riddled him he punctured me | B |
| And bleeding in my rags I said | H |
| She'll meet me somewhere if I'm dead | H |
| The girl I left behind me | B |
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| In France we broke the German's face | D |
| They tried with gas to blind me | B |
| In mud we bogged from front to base | D |
| And dirt was ours but not disgrace | D |
| They carved me till I couldn't stand | A |
| Said I Now for the Lodden and | I |
| The girl I left behind me | B |
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| I came ashore and struck the track | J |
| For dust you scarce could find me | B |
| The dear girl gave no welcome back | J |
| Shed changed her names and state alack | J |
| You've been a time I must say Ned | H |
| In finishing your old war Said | H |
| The girl I left behind me | B |
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| I flung a song up to the skies | D |
| For battles gods designed me | B |
| I think of Fifi's laughing eyes | D |
| And Nami dusk but sweet and wise | D |
| And chortle in my heart to find | K |
| How very far I've left behind | K |
| The girl I left behind me | B |
Edward Dyson
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