Bonehead Bill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHEHE IJIJKEKE LMLMNNNN OPOPQNRN SNTNNNNN UVUVFNFN NWNWXNXN| I wonder 'oo and wot 'e was | A |
| That 'Un I got so slick | B |
| I couldn't see 'is face because | C |
| The night was 'ideous thick | B |
| I just made out among the black | D |
| A blinkin' wedge o' white | E |
| Then biff I guess I got 'im crack | D |
| The man I killed last night | E |
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| I wonder if account o' me | F |
| Some wench will go unwed | G |
| And 'eaps o' lives will never be | F |
| Because 'e's stark and dead | G |
| Or if 'is missis damns the war | H |
| And by some candle light | E |
| Tow headed kids are prayin' for | H |
| The Fritz I copped last night | E |
| - | |
| I wonder 'struth I wonder why | I |
| I 'ad that 'orful dream | J |
| I saw up in the giddy sky | I |
| The gates o' God agleam | J |
| I saw the gates o' 'eaven shine | K |
| Wiv everlastin' light | E |
| And then I knew that I'd got mine | K |
| As 'e got 'is last night | E |
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| Aye bang beyond the broodin' mists | L |
| Where spawn the mother stars | M |
| I 'ammered wiv me bloody fists | L |
| Upon them golden bars | M |
| I 'ammered till a devil's doubt | N |
| Fair froze me wiv affright | N |
| To fink wot God would say about | N |
| The bloke I corpsed last night | N |
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| I 'ushed I wilted wiv despair | O |
| When like a rosy flame | P |
| I sees a angel standin' there | O |
| 'Oo calls me by me name | P |
| 'E 'ad such soft such shiny eyes | Q |
| 'E 'eld 'is 'and and smiled | N |
| And through the gates o' Paradise | R |
| 'E led me like a child | N |
| - | |
| 'E led me by them golden palms | S |
| Wot 'ems that jeweled street | N |
| And seraphs was a singin' psalms | T |
| You've no ideer 'ow sweet | N |
| Wiv cheroobs crowdin' closer round | N |
| Than peas is in a pod | N |
| 'E led me to a shiny mound | N |
| Where beams the throne o' God | N |
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| And then I 'ears God's werry voice | U |
| Bill 'agan 'ave no fear | V |
| Stand up and glory and rejoice | U |
| For 'im 'oo led you 'ere | V |
| And in a nip I seemed to see | F |
| Aye like a flash o' light | N |
| My angel pal I knew to be | F |
| The chap I plugged last night | N |
| - | |
| Now I don't claim to understand | N |
| They calls me Bonehead Bill | W |
| They shoves a rifle in me 'and | N |
| And show me 'ow to kill | W |
| Me job's to risk me life and limb | X |
| But be it wrong or right | N |
| This cross I'm makin' it's for 'im | X |
| The cove I croaked last night | N |
Robert William Service
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