A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCCCCC CCCCCCCC DCDCACAC EFEFCCCC AAAAGCGC AHAHICCCThese are our regulations | A |
There's just one law for the Scout | B |
And the first and the last and the present and the past | C |
And the future and the perfect is quot Look out quot | C |
I thou and he look out | C |
We ye and they look out | C |
Though you didn't or you wouldn't | C |
Or you hadn't or you couldn't | C |
You jolly well must look out | C |
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Look out when you start for the day | C |
That your kit is packed to your mind | C |
There is no use going away | C |
With half of it left behind | C |
Look out that your laces are tight | C |
And your boots are easy and stout | C |
Or you'll end with a blister at night | C |
Chorus All Patrols look out | C |
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Look out for the birds of the air | D |
Look out for the beasts of the field | C |
They'll tell you how and where | D |
The other side's concealed | C |
When the blackbird bolts from the copse | A |
Or the cattle are staring about | C |
The wise commander stops | A |
And chorus All Patrols look out | C |
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Look out when your front is clear | E |
And you feel you are bound to win | F |
Look out for your flank and your rear | E |
That's where surprises begin | F |
For the rustle that isn't a rat | C |
For the splash that isn't a trout | C |
For the boulder that may be a hat | C |
Chorus All Patrols look out | C |
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For the innocent knee high grass | A |
For the ditch that never tells | A |
Look out Look out ere you pass | A |
And look out for everything else | A |
A sign mis read as you run | G |
May turn retreat to a rout | C |
For all things under the sun | G |
Chorus All Patrols look out | C |
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Look out when your temper goes | A |
At the end of a losing game | H |
When your boots are too tight for your toes | A |
And you answer and argue and blame | H |
It's the hardest part of the Low | I |
But it has to be learnt by the Scout | C |
For whining and shirking and quot jaw quot | C |
Chorus All Patrols look out | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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