Corporal Schnapps Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHGG FGIGGGGG JKLKGMNJ OPGPGFIF PBCBQFJF| Mine heart ish proken into little pits | A |
| I tells you friend what for | B |
| Mine schweetheart von coot patriotic kirl | C |
| She trives me off mit der war | B |
| I fights for her der pattles of te flag | D |
| I schtrikes so prave as I can | E |
| Put now long time she nix remempers me | F |
| And coes mit another man | E |
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| Ah mine fraulein You ish so ferry unkind | G |
| You coes mit Hans to Zhermany to live | H |
| And leaves poor Schnapps pehind | G |
| Leaves poor Schnapps pehind | G |
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| I march all tay no matter if der schtorm | F |
| Pe worse ash Moses' flood | G |
| I lays all night mine head upon a schtump | I |
| And sinks to sleep in der mud | G |
| Der nightmare comes I catch him ferry pad | G |
| I treams I schleeps mit der Ghost | G |
| I wakes next morning frusen in der cround | G |
| So schtiff as von schtone post | G |
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| They kives me hart pread tougher as a rock | J |
| It almost preaks mine shaw | K |
| I schplite him sometimes mit an iron wedge | L |
| And cuts him up mit a saw | K |
| They kives me peef as ferry ferry salt | G |
| Like Sodom's wife you know | M |
| I surely dinks they put him in der prine | N |
| Von hundred years aco | J |
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| Py'n py we take von city in der South | O |
| We schtays there von whole year | P |
| I kite me sourcrout much as I can eat | G |
| And plenty loqcar pier | P |
| I meets von lady repel in der street | G |
| So handsome offer I see | F |
| I makes to her von ferry callant pow | I |
| Put ah she schpits on me | F |
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| Hard times you say what for you volunteer | P |
| I todt you friend what for | B |
| Mine schweetheart von coot patriotic kirl | C |
| She trove me off mit der war | B |
| Alas alas mine pretty little von | Q |
| Will schmile no more on me | F |
| Put schtill I fights der pattle of te flag | J |
| To set mine countries free | F |
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