The Little Piou-piou Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGHHHHIH JKJL MNONPFQHR HHAH AR SARARFRHS HHIH RS| The French Tommy | A |
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| Oh some of us lolled in the chateau | B |
| And some of us slinked in the slum | C |
| But now we are here with a song and a cheer | D |
| To serve at the sign of the drum | C |
| They put us in trousers of scarlet | E |
| In big sloppy ulsters of blue | F |
| In boots that are flat a box of a hat | G |
| And they call us the little piou piou | H |
| Piou piou | H |
| The laughing and quaffing piou piou | H |
| The swinging and singing piou piou | H |
| And so with a rattle we march to the battle | I |
| The weary but cheery piou piou | H |
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| Encore un petit verre de vin | J |
| Pour nous mettre en route | K |
| Encore un petit verre de vin | J |
| Pour nous mettre en train | L |
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| They drive us head on for the slaughter | M |
| We haven't got much of a chance | N |
| The issue looks bad but we're awfully glad | O |
| To battle and die for La France | N |
| For some must be killed that is certain | P |
| There's only one's duty to do | F |
| So we leap to the fray in the glorious way | Q |
| They expect of the little piou piou | H |
| En avant | R |
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| The way of the gallant piou piou | H |
| The dashing and smashing piou piou | H |
| The way grim and gory that leads us to glory | A |
| Is the way of the little piou piou | H |
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| Allons enfants de la Patrie | A |
| Le jour de gloire est arriv eacute | R |
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| To day you would scarce recognise us | S |
| Such veterans war wise are we | A |
| So grimy and hard so calloused and scarred | R |
| So crummy yet gay as can be | A |
| We've finished with trousers of scarlet | R |
| They're giving us breeches of blue | F |
| With a helmet instead of a cap on our head | R |
| Yet still we're the little piou piou | H |
| Nous les aurons | S |
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| The jesting unresting piou piou | H |
| The cheering unfearing piou piou | H |
| The keep your head level and fight like the devil | I |
| The dying defying piou piou | H |
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| Agrave la bayonette Jusqu'a la mort | R |
| Sonnez la charge clairons | S |
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