Marshal Neigh, V.c. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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He came from tumbled country past theA
humps of BuffaloB
Where the snow sits on the mountain 'n' theA
Summer aches belowB
He'd a silly name like Archie Squattin'C
sullen on the shipD
He knew nex' to holy nothin' through the gorE
forsaken tripD
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No thoughts he had of women no refreshin'C
talk of beerE
If he'd battled loved or suffered vital factsF
did not appearE
But the parsons and the poets couldn't teachG
him to discourseH
When it come to pokin' guyver at a poreE
deluded horseH
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If nags got sour 'n' kicked agin the rules ofI
things at seaJ
Artie argued matters with 'em 'n' he'd kidK
'em up a treeJ
Here's a pony got hystericks Pipe the wordL
for Privit RoweB
The Sargint yapped 'n' all the ship cameM
cluckin' to the showB
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He'd chat him confidential 'n' he'd pet 'n'C
paw the mokeN
He'd tickle him 'n' flatter him 'n' try himO
with a jokeN
'N' presently that neddy sobers up 'n' sezJ
Ive courseJ
Since you puts it that way cobber I will beJ
a better horseJ
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There was one pertickler whaler knownC
aboard ez Marshal NeighI
Whose monkey tricks with Privit Rowe wasJ
better than a playP
He'd done stunts in someone's circus 'n' heJ
loved a merry boutQ
Whirlin' in to bust his boiler or to kickR
the bottom outQ
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Rowe he sez Well there's an idjit OhB
yes let her whiz you beautyJ
Where's yer 'orse sense little feller Where'sJ
yer bloomin' sense iv dutyJ
Well you orter serve yer country ThenC
there'd come a painful hushS
'N' that nag would drop his head piece 'n' soB
'elp me cat he'd blushS
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We was heaped ashore be Suez rifle horseJ
'n' man 'n' tentT
Where the land is sand the water 'n' theA
gory firmamentT
We had intervals iv longin' we had sweatyT
spells of workU
In the ash pit iv Gehenner dumbly waitin'C
fer the TurkU
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We goes driftin' on the desert nothin' doin'C
nothin' saidT
Till we get to think we're nowhere 'n' arfI
fancy we are deadT
'N' the only 'uman interest on the red horiT
zon's brimO
Is Marshal Neigh's queer faney fer the ladT
that straddles himO
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Plain livin's nearly bored us stiff The MajorE
calls on RoweB
To devise an entertainment What hisJ
charger doesn't knowB
Isn't in the regulations Him 'n' Rowe isJ
brothers metT
'N' that horse's sense iv humor is the oddestT
fancy yetT
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But the Turk arrives one mornin' on the outerE
edge iv spaceJ
From back iv things his guns is floppin' kegsJ
about the placeJ
'N' Privit Artie Rowe along with others ivI
the forceJ
Goes pig rootin' inter battle holdin' converseJ
with his horseJ
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Little Abdul's quite a fighter 'n' he mixes itT
with skillV
But the Anzacs have him snouted 'n' ohB
ma he's feelin' illV
They wake the all fired desert 'n' the land forE
ever deadT
Is alive 'n' fairly creepin' and the skies areE
droppin' leadT
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When they've got the Ot'man goin' littleW
gaudy hunts beginC
It fer us to chiv His Trousers 'n' to roundT
the stragglers inC
Cuttin' closest to the raw 'n' swearin' lovin'C
all the wayP
Is Artie from Molinga on his neddy MarshalW
NeighI
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We're pursuin' sundry camels turkey trottin'C
anyhowX
With the carriage iv an emu 'n' the action ivI
a cowX
When a sand dune busts 'n' belches arf aA
million iv the foeI
They uncork a blanky batt'ry 'n' it's AllahA
let her goI
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We're not stayin' dinner thank you LieY
along yer horse 'n' yellZ
While the bullets pip yer britches 'n' youA2
sniff the flue of HellZ
Here it is that Artie takes it good 'n' solid inC
the crustT
He dives from out the saddle 'n' is swalleredT
in the dustT
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I got through 'n' saw them pointin' where theA
Marshal faced the bandT
He was goin' where we came from sniffin'C
bodies in the sandT
Till he found Rowe snugglin' under took himO
where his pants was slackB2
'N' be all the Asiatic gods he brought hisJ
soldier backB2
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With a bullet in his buttock 'n' a drill holeC2
in his earE
He dumped Artie down among us SquareE
'n' all how did we cheerE
There's no medals struck fer neddies but weT
rule there orter beT
'N' the pride iv all the Light Horse is oldT
Marshal Neigh V CT

Edward George Dyson



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