The Parrot And The Billy-goat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBB CCDD DDD EEFF FFF GGFF FFF HHII III EEJJ JJJ AAKL LLL MMFF FFF| There were no romping children at Doctor Quibble's door | A |
| Long past the silver wedding no toys lay on the floor | A |
| But to relieve her longings to soothe her vain regrets | B |
| His good wife had contrived to raise a family of pets | B |
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| What a family of pets | B |
| Yes a family of pets | B |
| His good wife had contrived to raise a family of pets | B |
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| A Spanish alto Polly who sang from early morn | C |
| A bearded actor Billy who play'd the double horn | C |
| A mimic man Falsetto who scaled the treble staff | D |
| And climb'd the ledger lines above and made the people laugh | D |
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| What and made the people laugh | D |
| Yes and made the people laugh | D |
| And climb'd the ledger lines above and made the people laugh | D |
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| Remark'd the joking Doctor My dear you ought to get | E |
| Another one a basso and have a full quartette | E |
| She took his words in earnest nor thought of ridicule | F |
| She bargain'd from a circus man a educated mule | F |
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| What an educated mule | F |
| Yes an educated mule | F |
| She bargain'd from a circus man a educated mule | F |
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| Then said the Doctor gravely My dear you should engage | G |
| That circus man as tutor to fit them for the stage | G |
| To cultivate their voices and train them up by rule | F |
| The parrot and the billy goat the monkey and the mule | F |
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| What the monkey and the mule | F |
| Yes the monkey and the mule | F |
| The parrot and the billy goat the monkey and the mule | F |
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| Three weary weeks she waited and then the job was done | H |
| Their education finish'd their tutor's fortune won | H |
| Tho' some folks thought she carried her husband's joke too far | I |
| She organized a trav'ling troupe each pet to be a star | I |
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| What each pet to be a star | I |
| Yes each pet to be a star | I |
| She organized a trav'ling troupe each pet to be a star | I |
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| She sold a thousand tickets upon the opening night | E |
| But when the curtain lifted 'twas on a sorry sight | E |
| The bearded actor Billy devoured a music roll | J |
| Then burst the big bass drum and went headforemost thro' the hole | J |
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| What headforemost through the hole | J |
| Yes headforemost through the hole | J |
| He burst the big bass drum and went headforemost thro' the hole | J |
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| Falsetto snatched the turban which Madame Polly wore | A |
| Its green and scarlet feathers he scattered on the floor | A |
| The Madame swore in Spanish her eyes suffused with tears | K |
| And flying to the basso's head she hid behind his ears | L |
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| What she hid behind his ears | L |
| Yes she hid behind his ears | L |
| And flying to the basso's head she hid behind his ears | L |
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| Began then B Profundo his great fantastic dance | M |
| The footlights flew like rockets the audience in advance | M |
| And so they changed the programme and broke the golden rule | F |
| The parrot and the billy goat the monkey and the mule | F |
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| What the monkey and he mule | F |
| Yes the monkey and he mule | F |
| The parrot and the billy goat the monkey and the mule | F |
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