A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCCCCCC CCCCCCCC DCDCACAC EFEFCCCC AAAAGCGC AHAHICCC| These 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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