Calico Pie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABC CBDDB A EEBFFFBDDB A GGBAAABDDB HHBFFFBDDBI | A |
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Calico Pie | A |
The little Birds fly | A |
Down to the calico tree | B |
Their wings were blue | C |
And they sang 'Tilly loo ' | - |
Till away they flew | C |
And they never came back to me | B |
They never came back | D |
They never came back | D |
They never came back to me | B |
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II | A |
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Calico Jam | E |
The little Fish swam | E |
Over the syllabub sea | B |
He took off his hat | F |
To the Sole and the Sprat | F |
And the Willeby Wat | F |
But he never came back to me | B |
He never came back | D |
He never came back | D |
He never came back to me | B |
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III | A |
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Calico Ban | G |
The little Mice ran | G |
To be ready in time for tea | B |
Flippity flup | A |
They drank it all up | A |
And danced in the cup | A |
But they never came back to me | B |
They never came back | D |
They never came back | D |
They never came back to me | B |
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IV | - |
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Calico Drum | H |
The Grasshoppers come | H |
The Butterfly Beetle and Bee | B |
Over the ground | F |
Around and around | F |
With a hop and a bound | F |
But they never came back to me | B |
They never came back | D |
They never came back | D |
They never came back to me | B |
Edward Lear
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