Back To The Army Again Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB ACAC AAAA ACDC AAEE ACAC FFAA ACAC GGHA ACAC IIAA ACEC JCAA ACAJK AAAAEJACI'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at | A |
A layin' on the sergeant I don't know a gun from a bat | A |
My shirt's doin' duty for jacket my sock's stickin' out o' my boots | B |
An' I'm learnin' the damned old goose step along o' the new recruits | B |
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Back to Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
Don't look so 'ard for I 'aven't no card | A |
I'm back to the Army again | C |
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I done my six years' service 'Er Majesty sez quot Good day | A |
You'll please to come when you're rung for an' 'ere's your 'ole back pay | A |
An' fourpence a day for baccy an' bloomin' gen'rous too | A |
An' now you can make your fortune the same as your orf'cers do quot | A |
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Back to the Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
'Ow did I learn to do right about turn | D |
I'm back to the Army again | C |
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A man o' four an' twenty that 'asn't learned of a trade | A |
Beside quot Reserve quot agin' him 'e'd better be never made | A |
I tried my luck for a quarter an' that was enough for me | E |
An' I thought of 'Er Majesty's barricks an' I thought I'd go an' see | E |
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Back to the Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
'Tisn't my fault if I dress when I 'alt | A |
I'm back to the Army again | C |
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The sergeant arst no questions but 'e winked the other eye | F |
'E sez to me quot 'Shun quot an' I shunted the same as in days gone by | F |
For 'e saw the set o' my shoulders an' I couldn't 'elp 'oldin' straight | A |
When me an' the other rookies come under the barrik gate | A |
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Back to the Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
'Oo would ha' thought I could carry an' port | A |
I'm back to the Army again | C |
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I took my bath an' I wallered for Gawd I needed it so | G |
I smelt the smell o' the barricks I 'eard the bugles go | G |
I 'eard the feet on the gravel the feet o' the men what drill | H |
An' I sez to my flutterin' 'eart strings I sez to 'em quot Peace be still quot | A |
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Back to the Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
'Oo said I knew when the troopship was due | A |
I'm back to the Army again | C |
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I carried my slops to the tailor I sez to 'im quot None o' your lip | I |
You tight 'em over the shoulders an' loose 'em over the 'ip | I |
For the set o' the tunic's 'orrid quot An' 'e sez to me quot Strike me dead | A |
But I thought you was used to the business quot an' so 'e done what I said | A |
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Back to the Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
Rather too free with my fancies Wot me | E |
I'm back to the Army again | C |
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Next week I'll 'ave 'em fitted I'll buy me a swagger cane | J |
They'll let me free o' the barricks to walk on the Hoe again | C |
In the name o' William Parsons that used to be Edward Clay | A |
An' any pore beggar that wants it can draw my fourpence a day | A |
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Back to the Army again sergeant | A |
Back to the Army again | C |
Out o' the cold an' the rain sergeant | A |
Out o' the cold an' the rain | J |
'Oo's there | K |
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A man that's too good to be lost you | A |
A man that is 'andled an' made | A |
A man that will pay what 'e cost you | A |
In learnin' the others their trade parade | A |
You're droppin' the pick o' the Army | E |
Because you don't 'elp 'em remain | J |
But drives 'em to cheat to get out o' the street | A |
An' back to the Army again | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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