The Wonderful Juggler (a Song) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBC DDEEC FFFFC BBGGC HHIIC JJKLC MMNOC LPQQC RPBBC SSPPC TTUUC| Come all ye true hearts who Old England to save | A |
| Now shoulder the musket or plough the rough wave | A |
| I will sing you a song of a wonderful fellow | B |
| Who has ruin'd Jack Pudding and broke Punchinello | B |
| Derry down down high derry down | C |
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| This juggler is little and ugly and black | D |
| But like Atlas he stalks with the world at his back | D |
| 'Tis certain all fear of the devil he scorns | E |
| Some say they are cousins we know he wears horns | E |
| Derry down | C |
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| At hop skip and jump who so famous as he | F |
| He hopp'd o'er an army he skipped o'er the sea | F |
| And he jump'd from the desk of a village attorney | F |
| To the throne of the Bourbons a pretty long journey | F |
| Derry down | C |
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| He tosses up kingdoms the same as a ball | B |
| And his cup is so fashion'd it catches them all | B |
| The Pope and Grand Turk have been heard to declare | G |
| His skill at the long bow has made them both stare | G |
| Derry down | C |
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| He has shown off his tricks in France Italy Spain | H |
| And Germany too knows his legerdemain | H |
| So hearing John Bull has a taste for strange sights | I |
| He's coming to London to put us to rights | I |
| Derry down | C |
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| To encourage his puppets to venture this trip | J |
| He has built them such boats as can conquer a ship | J |
| With a gun of good metal that shoots out so far | K |
| It can silence the broadsides of three men of war | L |
| Derry down | C |
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| This new Katterfelto his show to complete | M |
| Means his boats should all sink as they pass by our fleet | M |
| Then as under the ocean their course they steer right on | N |
| They can pepper their foes from the bed of old Triton | O |
| Derry down | C |
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| If this project should fail he has others in store | L |
| Wooden horses for instance may bring them safe o'er | P |
| Or the genius of France as the Moniteur tells | Q |
| May order balloons or provide diving bells | Q |
| Derry down | C |
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| When Philip of Spain fitted out his Armada | R |
| Britain saw his designs and could meet her invader | P |
| But how to greet Bonny she never will know | B |
| If he comes in the style of a fish or a crow | B |
| Derry down | C |
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| Now if our rude tars will so crowd up the seas | S |
| That his boats have not room to go down when they please | S |
| Can't he wait till the channel is quite frozen over | P |
| And a stout pair of skates will transport him to Dover | P |
| Derry down | C |
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| How welcome he'll be it were needless to say | T |
| Neither he nor his puppets shall e'er go away | T |
| I am sure at his heels we shall constantly stick | U |
| Till we know he has play'd off his very last trick | U |
| Derry down down high derry down | C |
Henry Kirk White
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