The Peter Pan Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme

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The Peter Pan Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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The Lord forgive if we transgress	A
Thus to familiarly address	A
One of our betters	B
But Jamie do you no recall	C
The slate whereon you learned to scrawl	C
Your Humble Letters	B
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Well we remember how you drew	D
Our shapely features all askew	D
Unflattering really	E
You made A lame and B too fat	F
And C too curly what of that	F
We loved you dearly	E
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From that first day we owned your spell	G
And just because you used us well	G
We served you blindly	E
Why even when you put us through	D
A fearsome Scottish Reel we knew	D
You meant it kindly	E
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Jamie 'tis said Grand Tales there be	E
Still biding in the A B C	E
If this be true	D
Quick Jamie Cast your golden net	H
Maybe we have the grandest yet	H
In store for you	D
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A is for Adams	I
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So A is for Adams Oh fortunate A	J
Luck certainly seems to be coming your way	K
In the Days of my Infancy A I recall	C
Stood for Ant or for Apple or anything small	C
Now A stands for Adams Maude Adams Hurray	K
I always said A would be Famous some day	K
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B stands for the Boys	L
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B's for the Boys all as Busy as Bees	M
They are building a Little House under the Trees	M
With funny red walls and mossy green roof	N
Where Wendy may live from danger aloof	N
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C is the Crocodile	O
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C is the Crocodile Creepy who ate	P
The right hand of Hook and covets its mate	P
He makes a loud ticking wherever he goes	Q
For he swallowed a Clock To kill time I suppose	Q
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D is for DoodleDoo	P
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D is the Dire and Dread DoodleDoo	P
With which Peter Daunted the Pirate crew	D
And demolished a foolish old Proverb for good	P
By crowing before he was out of the wood	P
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E is the Exit	P
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E is the Exit the three children made	P
With Peter and Tinker for guides Who's afraid	P
They sailed through the window as calm as could be	E
Like three little Cherubim out for a Spree	E
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F is the Fight	P
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F is the Fight Peter Fought unafraid	P
And F is his Falchion Poetic for Blade	P
And F's the Fine Feeling all Fearless Boys Feel	R
When they give a Fierce Pirate a taste of Cold Steel	R
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G is Old Glory	E
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G is Old Glory that Peter upreared	P
When Hook in the Crocodile's smile disappeared	P
And the Decks were still wet with the terrible stains	S
Of Invisible Gore from the Pirate's veins	S
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H stands for Hook	T
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I'm sorry for H tho' I don't call Hook mean	U
For wanting to Blow Up his own Magazine	U
I've known a Good Author blow up in a Huff	V
A Magazine just for not printing his Stuff	V
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I's for the Indian Girl	W
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Peter Pan was too coy for the Indian Miss	X
She sighed for his scalp all she got was a kiss	X
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J is for John	Y
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J is for John No he hasn't a Pain	Z
He is Red Handed Jack of the Pirate Main	Z
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K stands for a Kiss	X
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K stands for a Kiss Oh stern featured K	K
Who would have suspected You'd leanings that way	K
Peter called his a Thimble I think it sounds tame	A2
To call Kisses Thimbles but what's in a Name	A2
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L is the Lion	B2
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L is the Lion who lashed his Fierce Tail	C2
And did Peter Tremble did Peter turn Pale	C2
Not Much 'Twas the Lion who moved to adjourn	D2
He couldn't turn Tail Peter left none to Turn	D2
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M is for Michael	E2
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M is for Michael ssssh whisper it low	F2
In Pirate Circles he's called Blackbeard Joe	F2
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N is for Napoleon and Nana	J
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N is Napoleon Mystic Profound	P
And N is for Nana the Noble Nurse Hound	P
Two wonderful natures each great in his way	K
One's dead and the other is Having his Day	K
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O's for Odds fish	G2
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O's for Odds fish the Pirate's Oath	H2
To print such a word Gentle Reader I'm loth	I2
And should You be guilty of language so low	F2
I should have to stop calling you Gentle you know	F2
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P is for Peter	J2
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P is for Peter and so are we all	C
May he ever keep young and his Shadow stay Small	C
Yet I think 'tis a pity the White House is Bann'd	P
As President Peter would simply be Grand	P
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Q is the Quiver	J2
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Q is the Quiver from which Tootles drew	D
The Arrow that nearly pierced poor Wendy through	D
'Twas Peter's Kiss Button that stopped it Ah me	E
If Kisses were Buttons how safe they would be	E
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R's for the Redskins	K2
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R's for the Redskins who Guarded the Cave	L2
What a Treat to see Injuns sit up and Behave	L2
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S is the Shadow	F2
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S is the Shadow tho' not of much use	M2
You'd surely be Sorry if Yours Should get loose	M2
So See to your Shadow be sure it's on tight	P
When Peter lost his he was in a sad plight	P
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T is for Tinker Bell	G
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Poor Tinker Bell's dying Quick say you Believe	N2
In Fairies that Tinker New Life may receive	N2
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U is the Underground Home	O2
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U's the underground home mid the roots of the trees	M
Where when not slaying Pirates the boys take their ease	M
While Wendy sits mending their shirtwaists and hose	Q
And the Redskins above Keep watch against foes	Q
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V is the Verse	P2
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V's the Vile Verse that the Pirate Bawled	P
It was not his language so much that appalled	P
Nor the Tune nor his Voice which was Raucus and Deep	Q2
'Twas the way that he sang it That made your flesh creep	Q2
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W's Wolves	R2
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W's wolves 'Tis said they will fly	S2
If you look through your legs at them straight in the eye	S2
That's how the Boys did it but if I were you	D
I'd experiment first on a wolf in the Zoo	D
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X is the X Ray	K
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X is the X Ray by whose light alone	T2
This last fleeting picture of Hook may be shown	T2
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Y is for Youth	U2
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Y is for Youth to which Peter clung	V2
But where is the land where he learned to Stay Young	V2
Ask Peter he'll tell you Geography scorning	V2
Second Turn to the Right and keep straight on till Morning	V2
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Z is the Zebra	J
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Z is the Zebra the Boys didn't meet	P
But without which no Alphabet's really complete	P