The Bold Buccaneer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDDDCC EEBBCC DDDDCC| One very rough day on the Pride of the Fray | A |
| In the scuppers a poor little cabin boy lay | A |
| When the Bosun drew nigh with wrath in his eye | B |
| And gave him a kick to remember him by | B |
| As he cried with a sneer What good are you here | C |
| Go home to your mammy my bold buccaneer | C |
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| Now the Captain beheld and his pity upwelled | D |
| With a plug in the peeper the Bosun he felled | D |
| With humility grand he extended his hand | D |
| And helped the poor lad who was weeping to stand | D |
| As he cried Have no fear I'm the manager here | C |
| Take heart and you'll yet be a bold buccaneer | C |
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| But how he did flare when the lad then and there | E |
| Doffed his cap and shook down a gold banner of hair | E |
| Though his movements were shy he'd a laugh in his eye | B |
| And he sank on the Captain's broad breast with a sigh | B |
| As he cried Is it queer that I've followed you here | C |
| I'm your sweetheart from Bristol my bold buccaneer | C |
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| On an isle in the west by the breezes caressed | D |
| The bold buccaneer has a warm little nest | D |
| And he sits there in state amid pieces of eight | D |
| And tackles his rum with a manner elate | D |
| As he cries O my dear little cabin boy here | C |
| Is a toast to the babe of the bold buccaneer | C |
John Le Gay Brereton
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