Captain Stratton's Fancy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB CCCB DDDB EEEB FGGB HHHB IIIB| Oh some are fond of red wine and some are fond of white | A |
| And some are all for dancing by the pale moonlight | A |
| But rum alone's the tipple and the heart's delight | A |
| Of the old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
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| Oh some are fond of Spanish wine and some are fond of French | C |
| And some'll swallow tay and stuff fit only for a wench | C |
| But I'm for right Jamaica till I roll beneath the bench | C |
| Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
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| Oh some are for the lily and some are for the rose | D |
| But I am for the sugar cane that in Jamaica grows | D |
| For it's that that makes the bonny drink to warm my copper nose | D |
| Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
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| Oh some are fond of fiddles and a song well sung | E |
| And some are all for music for to lilt upon the tongue | E |
| But mouths were made for tankards and for sucking at the bung | E |
| Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
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| Oh some are fond of dancing and some are fond of dice | F |
| And some are all for red lips and pretty lasses' eyes | G |
| But a right Jamaica puncheon is a finer prize | G |
| To the old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
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| Oh some that's good and godly ones they hold that it's a sin | H |
| To troll the jolly bowl around and let the dollars spin | H |
| But I'm for toleration and for drinking at an inn | H |
| Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
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| Oh some are sad and wretched folk that go in silken suits | I |
| And there's a mort of wicked rogues that live in good reputes | I |
| So I'm for drinking honestly and dying in my boots | I |
| Like an old bold mate of Henry Morgan | B |
John Masefield
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