The Recruit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDCEEEEDD AADFFCFEEEEDD AAGHHAHEEEEDD AAIFFJFEEEEDD AAEEEDEEEEEDD| Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden | A |
| Bedad yer a bad un | A |
| Now turn out yer toes | B |
| Yer belt is unhookit | C |
| Yer cap is on crookit | C |
| Ye may not be dhrunk | D |
| But be jabers ye look it | C |
| Wan two | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Ye monkey faced divil I'll jolly ye through | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Time Mark | D |
| Ye march like the aigle in Cintheral Parrk | D |
| - | |
| Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden | A |
| A saint it ud sadden | A |
| To dhrill such a mug | D |
| Eyes front ye baboon ye | F |
| Chin up ye gossoon ye | F |
| Ye've jaws like a goat | C |
| Halt ye leather lipped loon ye | F |
| Wan two | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Ye whiskered orang outang I'll fix you | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Time Mark | D |
| Ye've eyes like a bat can ye see in the dark | D |
| - | |
| Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden | A |
| Yer figger wants padd'n' | A |
| Sure man ye've no shape | G |
| Behind ye yer shoulders | H |
| Stick out like two boulders | H |
| Yer shins is as thin | A |
| As a pair of pen holders | H |
| Wan two | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Yer belly belongs on yer back ye Jew | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Time Mark | D |
| I'm dhry as a dog I can't shpake but I bark | D |
| - | |
| Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden | A |
| Me heart it ud gladden | A |
| To blacken your eye | I |
| Ye're gettin' too bold ye | F |
| Compel me to scold ye | F |
| Tis halt that I say | J |
| Will ye heed what I told ye | F |
| Wan two | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Be jabers I'm dhryer than Brian Boru | E |
| Wan two | E |
| Time Mark | D |
| What's wur ruk for chickens is sport for the lark | D |
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| Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden | A |
| I'll not stay a gaddin' | A |
| Wid dagoes like you | E |
| I'll travel no farther | E |
| I'm dyin' for wather | E |
| Come on if ye like | D |
| Can ye loan me a quather | E |
| Ya as you | E |
| What two | E |
| And ye'll pay the potheen Ye're a daisy Whurroo | E |
| You'll do | E |
| Whist Mark | D |
| The Rigiment's flattered to own ye me spark | D |
Robert William Chambers
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