The King And Queen And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD AAEE FGHH GGAA IIGG| Oh Scotty have you visited the Picture Gallery | A |
| And did you see the portraits of the King and Queen and me | A |
| The portraits made by Longstaff and the pictures done by Jack | B |
| Of the King and Queen and Lawson and the lady all in black | B |
| The King is robed in royal state with medals on his breast | C |
| And like the mother Queen she is Her Majesty is dressed | C |
| The lady s dressed in simple black and sports no precious stones | D |
| And I a suit of reach me downs I bought from Davy Jones | D |
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| We re strangers two to two and each unto the other three | A |
| I do not know the lady and I don t think she knows me | A |
| We re strangers to each other here and to the other two | E |
| And they themselves are strangers yet if all we hear is true | E |
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| I s pose we re just as satisfied as folks have ever been | F |
| The lady would much rather be her own self than the Queen | G |
| And though I m down and precious stiff and I admire King Ned | H |
| I d sooner just be Harry with his follies on his head | H |
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| We four may meet together stranger folk have met I ween | G |
| Than a rhymer and a monarch and a lady and a queen | G |
| Ned and I might talk it over on the terrace frank and free | A |
| With cigars while Alexandra and the lady s having tea | A |
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| Anyway we ll never quarrel while we re hanging on the wall | I |
| Friends we all have had our troubles we are human one and all | I |
| If by chance we hang together hang together on the line | G |
| And the thing should shock the Godly then it s Longstaff s fault not mine | G |
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