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