Marksman Sam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GEHE IJKJ LMLN OMIM PJQJ RSMS SJSJ TUEU VLJL SWSW XYSY MZMZ SSSS ZSSS EMEM JSVS A2YB2Y| When Sam Small joined the regiment | A |
| 'E were no' but a raw recruit | B |
| And they marched 'im away one wint'ry day | C |
| 'Is musket course to shoot | B |
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| They woke 'im up at the crack o' dawn | D |
| Wi' many a nudge and shake | E |
| 'E were dreaming that t' Sergeant 'ad broke 'is neck | F |
| And 'e didn't want to wake | E |
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| Lieutenant Bird came on parade | G |
| And chided the lads for mooning | E |
| 'E talked in a voice like a pound o' plums | H |
| 'Is tonsils needed pruning | E |
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| Move to the right by fours he said | I |
| Crisp like but most severe | J |
| But Sam didn't know 'is right from 'is left | K |
| So pretended 'e didn't 'ear | J |
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| Said Lieutenant Sergeant take this man's name | L |
| The Sergeant took out 'is pencil | M |
| 'E were getting ashamed o' taking Sam's name | L |
| And were thinking o' cutting a stencil | N |
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| Sam carried a musket a knapsack and coat | O |
| Spare boots that 'e'd managed to wangle | M |
| A 'atchet a spade in fact as Sam said | I |
| 'E'd got everything bar t'kitchen mangle | M |
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| March easy men Lieutenant cried | P |
| As the musket range grew near | J |
| March easy me blushing Aunt Fanny said Sam | Q |
| What a chance with all this 'ere | J |
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| When they told 'im to fire at five 'undred yards | R |
| Sam nearly 'ad a fit | S |
| For a six foot wall or the Albert 'All | M |
| Were all 'e were likely to 'it | S |
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| 'E'd fitted a cork in 'is musket end | S |
| To keep 'is powder dry | J |
| And 'e didn't remember to take it out | S |
| The first time 'e let fly | J |
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| 'Is gun went off with a kind o' pop | T |
| Where 'is bullet went no one knew | U |
| But next day they spoke of a tinker's moke | E |
| Being killed by a cork in Crewe | U |
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| At three 'undred yards Sam shut 'is eyes | V |
| And took a careful aim | L |
| 'E failed to score but the marker swore | J |
| And walked away quite lame | L |
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| At two 'undred yards Sam fired so wild | S |
| That the Sergeant feared for 'is skin | W |
| And the lads all cleared int' t' neighbouring field | S |
| And started to dig 'emselves in | W |
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| Ooh Sergeant I hear a scraping noise | X |
| Said Sam What can it be | Y |
| The noise that 'e 'eard were lieutenant Bird | S |
| 'Oo were climbing the nearest tree | Y |
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| Ooh Sergeant said Sam I've 'it the bull | M |
| What price my shooting now | Z |
| Said the Sergeant A bull Yer gormless fool | M |
| Yon isn't a bull it's a cow | Z |
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| At fifty yards 'is musket kicked | S |
| And went off with a noise like a blizzard | S |
| And down came a crow looking fair surprised | S |
| With a ram rod through 'is gizzard | S |
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| As 'e loaded 'is musket to fire agen | Z |
| Said the Sergeant Don't waste shot | S |
| Yer'd best fix bayonets and charge my lad | S |
| It's the only chance yer've got | S |
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| Sam kept loading 'is gun while the Sergeant spoke | E |
| Till the bullets peeped out of the muzzle | M |
| When all of a sudden it went off bang | E |
| What made it go were a puzzle | M |
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| The bullets flew out in a kind of a spray | J |
| And everything round got peppered | S |
| When they counted 'is score 'e'd got eight bulls eyes | V |
| Four magpies two lambs and a shepherd | S |
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| And the Sergeant for this got a D C M | A2 |
| And the Colonel an O B E | Y |
| Lieutenant Bird got the D S O | B2 |
| And Sam got five days C B | Y |
Marriott Edgar
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