The Jubilee Sov'reign Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG BBDB HAAA IJCK DLIM CNCN OPAP AQAQ QRQR QQQQ CADA QSTS CAQA DAQA QQAQ| On Jubilee Day the Ramsbottoms | A |
| Invited relations to tea | B |
| Including young Albert's grandmother | C |
| An awkward old party was she | B |
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| She'd seen Queen Victoria's accession | D |
| And er wedding to Albert the Good | E |
| But she got quite upset when young Albert | F |
| Asked er ow she'd got on in the Flood | G |
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| She cast quite a damper on't party | B |
| But she warmed up a bit after tea | B |
| And gave Albert a real golden sovereign | D |
| She'd been saving since last Jubilee | B |
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| It ad picture of Queen on't one side | H |
| And a dragon fight on the reverse | A |
| And it smelled of camphor and cobwebs | A |
| Through being so long in er purse | A |
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| Albert andled the coin and e kissed it | I |
| And e felt the rough edge with is tongue | J |
| For e knew by the look of is father | C |
| That it wouldn't be is very long | K |
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| I ll show you a trick wi' that sovereign | D |
| Said Pa oo were overin' near | L |
| And e took and pretended to eat it | I |
| Then brought it back out of is ear | M |
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| This magic filled Albert with wonder | C |
| And before you could say Uncle Dick | N |
| E'd got the coin back from is father | C |
| And performed the first part of the trick | N |
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| When they all saw where the money ad gone | O |
| With excitement the relatives burned | P |
| And each one suggested some process | A |
| For getting the money returned | P |
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| Some were for fishing with tweezers | A |
| While some were for shaking it out | Q |
| If we only got back a few shillings | A |
| They said twould be better than nowt | Q |
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| They tried olding Albert ead downward | Q |
| And giving is shoulders a clump | R |
| Till his uncle oo worked for a chemist | Q |
| Said There's nowt for it but stomach pump | R |
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| Well they adn't a stomach pump andy | Q |
| But Pa did the best that e could | Q |
| With a bicycle pump that they borrowed | Q |
| But that weren't nearly so good | Q |
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| So off they went to the doctor | C |
| Oo looked down is throat with a glass | A |
| E said This'll mean operation | D |
| I fear that e'll ave to ave gas | A |
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| Ow much is this ere goin' to cost me | Q |
| Said Father beginning to squirm | S |
| I'm afraid that it comes out expensive | T |
| The best gas is eight pence a therm | S |
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| There's my time six shillings an hour | C |
| You can't do these things in two ticks | A |
| By rights I should charge you a guinea | Q |
| But I'll do it for eighteen and six | A |
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| Wot eighteen and six to get sovereign | D |
| Said Father That doesn't sound sense | A |
| I'll tell you you'd best keep young Albert | Q |
| And give us the odd eighteen pence | A |
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| The doctor concurred this arrangement | Q |
| But to this day he stands in some doubt | Q |
| As to whether he's in eighteen shillings | A |
| Or whether he's eighteen pence out | Q |
Marriott Edgar
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