The Twins Of Lucky Strike Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCEFGFGHEHE IEIEJEJE EKEKHEHE LELEMEME NHNHIEIE OEOE| I've sung of Violet de Vere that slinky minky dame | A |
| Of Gertie of the Diamond Tooth and Touch the Button Nell | B |
| And Maye Lamore at eighty four I oughta blush wi' shame | A |
| That in my wild and wooly youth I knew them ladies well | B |
| And Klondike Kit and Gumboot Sue and many I've forgot | C |
| They had their faults as I recall the same as you and me | D |
| But come to take them all in all the daisy of the lot | C |
| The glamour queen of dance hall dames was Montreal Maree | E |
| And yet her heart was bigger than a barn the boys would say | F |
| Always the first to help the weak and so with words of woe | G |
| She put me wise that Lipstick Lou was in the family way | F |
| An' who ze baby's fazzaire ees only ze bon Dieu know | G |
| Then on a black and bitter night passed on poor Lipstick Lou | H |
| And by her bedside midwife wise wi' tears aflowin' free | E |
| A holdin' out the newly born an' by gosh there was two | H |
| Helas I am zere mossaire now said Montreal Maree | E |
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| Said One eyed Mike In Lucky Strike we've never yet had twins | I |
| As darin' inundation he held one upon each knee | E |
| Say boys ain't they a purty sight as like's a pair o' pins | I |
| We gotta hold a christinin' wi' Father Tim McGee | E |
| I aim to be their Godpa bellowed Black Moran from Nome | J |
| The guy wot don't love childer is a blasted S O B | E |
| So long as I can tot a gun them kids won't lack a home | J |
| I sink zey creep into my heart said Montreal Maree | E |
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| 'Twas hectic in the Nugget Bar the hooch was flowin' free | E |
| An' Lousetown Liz was singin' of how someone done her wrong | K |
| Wi' sixty seeded sourdoughs all ahollerin' their glee | E |
| When One eyed Mike uprose an' called suspension of the song | K |
| Says he Aloodin' to them twins their age in months is two | H |
| An' I propose wi' Christmas close we offer them a tree | E |
| 'Twill sure be mighty pleasin' to the ghost o' Lipstick Lou | H |
| Zen you will be ze P re No l said Montreal Maree | E |
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| The dance hall of the Nugget Bar erupted joy an' light | L |
| An' set upon the stage them twins was elegant to see | E |
| Like angel cherubs in their robes of pure baptismal white | L |
| Abaskin' in the sunny smile o' Father tim McGee | E |
| Then on the bar stood Santa Claus says he We'll form a Trust | M |
| So all you sourdoughs heft your pokes an' hang 'em on the Tree | E |
| To give them kids a chance in life we'll raise enough or bust | M |
| For zem I pray ze Lord to bless said Montreal Maree | E |
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| You never saw a Christmas Tree so swell as that I vow | N |
| Wi' sixty sweaty sourdoughs ringin' round them infants two | H |
| Their solid pokes o' virgin gold aweighin' down each bough | N |
| All singin' Christ Is Risen for the soul o' Lipstick Lou | H |
| Lo Death is a deliverer the purger of our sins | I |
| And Motherhood leads up to God said Father Tim McGee | E |
| Then all the Ladies of the Line bent down to kiss them twins | I |
| Clasped to the breast Madonna like of Montreal Maree | E |
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| Sure 'tis the love of childer makes for savin' of the soul | O |
| And in Maternity the hope of humankind we see | E |
| So though she wears no halo headin' out for Heaven's goal | O |
| Awheelin' of a double pram bless Montreal Maree | E |
Robert Service
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