The Boola-boola Maid Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDD CCEE AABB EBBEEEEFE| In the wilds of Madagascar Dwelt a Boola boola maid | A |
| For her hand young men would ask her But she always was afraid | A |
| Oh that Boola boola maid She was living in the shade Of a spreading Yum yum tree | B |
| And when the day was done At the setting of the sun She would make this melodee | A |
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| As this ditty she was cooing Came a Boola boola man | C |
| And he lost no time in wooing For he punched her on the pan | C |
| Oh that Boola boola maid She was terribly afraid So he punched her on the eye | D |
| And then he laugh'd with glee As beneath the Yum yum tree He heard that maiden cry | D |
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| Then with shrieks of ribald laughter Said the Boola boola man | C |
| If it's only socks you're after I will do the best I can | C |
| I have handed you a pair And I've plenty more to spare So he socked her on the nose | E |
| And a woeful maid was she As beneath the Yum yum tree This lamentation 'rose | E |
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| Now the wedding tom tom's over for this Boola boola maid | A |
| And when ev'ning shadows hover She no longer is afraid | A |
| For she weasrs a palm leaf pinny And she rocks a pickaninny In the shade of the Yum yum tree | B |
| And she's happy with her he man Though she still dreams of a She man As she sings this song with glee | B |
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| Chorus | E |
| Oh I don't want my cave man to caress me | B |
| Oh I don't want no coal black heads to press me | B |
| All I want is a fellow who wears suspenders | E |
| That'll be the coon to whom this babe surenders | E |
| For the man I wed must have a proper trouseau | E |
| On none of your fig leaf dudes will make me do so | E |
| For it's funny how I feel But I'm crazy for socks appeal | F |
| And my dream is to marry a man with a pair of socks | E |
Robert Service
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