Belts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEC DDFFG DBHHG BBIII JJKKI LDMMI DDNNDDEEC| There was a row in Silver Street that's near to Dublin Quay | A |
| Between an Irish regiment an' English cavalree | B |
| It started at Revelly an' it lasted on till dark | C |
| The first man dropped at Harrison's the last forninst the Park | C |
| For it was quot Belts belts belts an' that's one for you quot | D |
| An' it was quot Belts belts belts an' that's done for you quot | D |
| O buckle an' tongue | E |
| Was the song that we sung | E |
| From Harrison's down to the Park | C |
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| There was a row in Silver Street the regiments was out | D |
| They called us quot Delhi Rebels quot an' we answered quot Threes about quot | D |
| That drew them like a hornet's nest we met them good an' large | F |
| The English at the double an' the Irish at the charge | F |
| Then it was quot Belts | G |
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| There was a row in Silver Street an' I was in it too | D |
| We passed the time o' day an' then the belts went whirraru | B |
| I misremember what occurred but subsequint the storm | H |
| A Freeman's Journal Supplemint was all my uniform | H |
| O it was quot Belts | G |
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| There was a row in Silver Street they sent the Polis there | B |
| The English were too drunk to know the Irish didn't care | B |
| But when they grew impertinint we simultaneous rose | I |
| Till half o' them was Liffey mud an' half was tatthered clo'es | I |
| For it was quot Belts | I |
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| There was a row in Silver Street it might ha' raged till now | J |
| But some one drew his side arm clear an' nobody knew how | J |
| 'Twas Hogan took the point an' dropped we saw the red blood run | K |
| An' so we all was murderers that started out in fun | K |
| While it was quot Belts | I |
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| There was a row in Silver Street but that put down the shine | L |
| Wid each man whisperin' to his next quot 'Twas never work o' mine quot | D |
| We went away like beaten dogs an' down the street we bore him | M |
| The poor dumb corpse that couldn't tell the bhoys were sorry for him | M |
| When it was quot Belts | I |
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| There was a row in Silver Street it isn't over yet | D |
| For half of us are under guard wid punishments to get | D |
| 'Tis all a merricle to me as in the Clink I lie | N |
| There was a row in Silver Street begod I wonder why | N |
| But it was quot Belts belts belts an' that's one for you quot | D |
| An' it was quot Belts belts belts an' that's done for you quot | D |
| O buckle an' tongue | E |
| Was the song that we sung | E |
| From Harrison's down to the Park | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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