Kelly Of The Legion Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Now Kelly was no fighter	A
He loved his pipe and glass	B
An easygoing blighter	A
Who lived in Montparnasse	B
But 'mid the tavern tattle	C
He heard some guinney say	B
When France goes forth to battle	C
The Legion leads the way	B
	-
The scourings of creation	D
Of every sin and station	D
The men who've known damnation	D
Are picked to lead the way	B
	-
Well Kelly joined the Legion	D
They marched him day and night	E
They rushed him to the region	D
Where largest loomed the fight	E
Behold your mighty mission	D
Your destiny said they	B
By glorious tradition	D
The Legion leads the way	B
	-
With tattered banners flying	F
With trail of dead and dying	F
On On All hell defying	F
The Legion sweeps the way	B
	-
With grim hard bitten faces	B
With jests of savage mirth	G
They swept into their places	B
The men of iron worth	G
Their blooded steel was flashing	F
They swung to face the fray	B
Then rushing roaring crashing	F
The Legion cleared the way	B
	-
The trail they blazed was gory	A
Few lived to tell the story	A
Through death they plunged to glory	A
But oh they cleared the way	B
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Now Kelly lay a dying	F
And dimly saw advance	B
With split new banners flying	F
The fantassins of France	B
Then up amid the melee	B
He rose from where he lay	B
Come on me boys says Kelly	A
The Layjun lades the way	B
	-
Aye while they faltered doubting	F
Such flames of doom were spouting	F
He caught them thrilled them shouting	F
The Layjun lades the way	B
	-
They saw him slip and stumble	C
Then stagger on once more	A
They marked him trip and tumble	C
A mass of grime and gore	A
They watched him blindly crawling	F
Amid hell's own affray	A
And calling calling calling	F
The Layjun lades the way	B
	-
And even while they wondered	H
The battle wrack was sundered	H
To Victory they thundered	H
But Kelly led the way	B
	-
Still Kelly kept agoing	F
Berserker like he ran	I
His eyes with fury glowing	F
A lion of a man	I
His rifle madly swinging	F
His soul athirst to slay	B
His slogan ringing ringing	F
The Layjun lades the way	B
	-
Till in a pit death baited	H
Where Huns with Maxims waited	H
He plunged and there blood sated	H
To death he stabbed his way	B
	-
Now Kelly was a fellow	J
Who simply loathed a fight	H
He loved a tavern mellow	J
Grog hot and pipe alight	H
I'm sure the Show appalled him	K
And yet without dismay	B
When Death and Duty called him	K
He up and led the way	B
	-
So in Valhalla drinking	F
If heroes meek and shrinking	F
Are suffered there I'm thinking	F
'Tis Kelly leads the way	B

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