My Bay'nit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EEDD CFCFGDGD CCDD CECEEDED HHDD| When first I left Blighty they gave me a bay'nit | A |
| And told me it 'ad to be smothered wiv gore | B |
| But blimey I 'aven't been able to stain it | A |
| So far as I've gone wiv the vintage of war | B |
| For ain't it a fraud when a Boche and yours truly | C |
| Gits into a mix in the grit and the grime | D |
| 'E jerks up 'is 'ands wiv a yell and 'e's duly | C |
| Part of me outfit every time | D |
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| Left right Hans and Fritz | E |
| Goose step keep up yer mits | E |
| Oh my Ain't it a shyme | D |
| Part of me outfit every time | D |
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| At toasting a biscuit me bay'nit's a dandy | C |
| I've used it to open a bully beef can | F |
| For pokin' the fire it comes in werry 'andy | C |
| For any old thing but for stickin' a man | F |
| 'Ow often I've said 'Ere I'm goin' to press you | G |
| Into a 'Un till you're seasoned for prime | D |
| And fiercely I rushes to do it but bless you | G |
| Part of me outfit every time | D |
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| Lor yus DON'T they look glad | C |
| Right O 'Owl Kamerad | C |
| Oh my always the syme | D |
| Part of me outfit every time | D |
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| I'm 'untin' for someone to christen me bay'nit | C |
| Some nice juicy Chewton wot's fightin' in France | E |
| I'm fairly down 'earted 'ow CAN yer explain it | C |
| I keeps gettin' prisoners every chance | E |
| As soon as they sees me they ups and surrenders | E |
| Extended like monkeys wot's tryin' to climb | D |
| And I uses me bay'nit to slit their suspenders | E |
| Part of me outfit every time | D |
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| Four 'Uns lor wot a bag | H |
| 'Ere Fritz sample a fag | H |
| Oh my ain't it a gyme | D |
| Part of me outfit every time | D |
Robert William Service
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