Hik-tee-dik! - The War-cry Of Billy And Buddy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DBDBEEEB FBFBBBBB GBGBHHHB| When two little boys renowned but for noise | A |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| May hurt a whole school and the head it employs | A |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| Such loud and hilarious pupils indeed | C |
| Need learning and yet something further they need | C |
| Though fond hearts that love them may sorrow and bleed | C |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
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| O the schoolmarm was cool and in no wise a fool | D |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| And in ruling her ranks it was her rule to rule | D |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| So when these two pupils conspired every day | E |
| Some mad piece of mischief with whoop and hoo ray | E |
| That hurt yet defied her how happy were they | E |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
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| At the ring of the bell they 'd rush in with a yell | F |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| And they'd bang the school door till the plastering fell | F |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| They'd clinch as they came and pretend not to see | B |
| As they knocked her desk over then My and O me | B |
| How awfully sorry they'd both seem to be | B |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
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| This trick seemed so neat and so safe a conceit | G |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| They played it three times though the third they were beat | G |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
| For the teacher she righted her desk raised the lid | H |
| And folded and packed away each little kid | H |
| Closed the incident so yes and locked it she did | H |
| Hik tee dik Billy and Buddy | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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