Bobs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCCCCC CACDDDC CCCCEEEC FCFCGGHC ICICCCCC ACACCCCC ICICIIIC CACIIICField Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar | A |
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There's a little red faced man | B |
Which is Bobs | C |
Rides the talliest 'orse 'e can | B |
Our Bobs | C |
If it bucks or kicks or rears | C |
'E can sit for twenty years | C |
With a smile round both 'is ears | C |
Can't yer Bobs | C |
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Then 'ere's to Bobs Bahadur little Bobs Bobs Bobs | C |
'E's our pukka Kandaharder | A |
Fightin' Bobs Bobs Bobs | C |
'E's the Dook of Aggy Chel | D |
'E's the man that done us well | D |
An' we'll follow 'im to 'ell | D |
Won't we Bobs | C |
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If a limber's slipped a trace | C |
'Ook on Bobs | C |
If a marker's lost 'is place | C |
Dress by Bobs | C |
For 'e's eyes all up 'is coat | E |
An'a a bugle in 'is throat | E |
An'you will not play the goat | E |
Under Bobs | C |
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'E's a little down on drink | F |
Chaplain Bobs | C |
But it keeps us outer Clink | F |
Don't it Bobs | C |
So we will not complain | G |
Tho' 'e's water on the brain | G |
If 'e leads us straight again | H |
Blue light Bobs | C |
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If you stood 'im on 'is head | I |
Father Bobs | C |
You could spill a quart ot lead | I |
Outer Bobs | C |
'E's been at it thirty years | C |
An amassin' soveneers | C |
In the way o' slugs an' spears | C |
Ain't yer Bobs | C |
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What 'e does not knowv o'war | A |
Gen'ral Bobs | C |
You cun arst the shop next door | A |
Can't they Bobs | C |
Oh 'e's little but he's wise | C |
'E's terror for' is size | C |
An' 'e does not advertize | C |
Do yer Bobs | C |
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Now they 've made a blooimin 'Lord | I |
Ou ter Bobs | C |
Which was but 'is fair reward | I |
Wheren't it Bobs | C |
So ell wear a coronet | I |
W'here 'is 'elmet used to set | I |
But we know you won't forget | I |
Will yer Bobs | C |
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Then 'ere's to Bobs Bahadur little Bobs Bobs Bobs | C |
Pocket Wellin'ton 'an arder | A |
Fightin' Bobs Bobs Bobs | C |
This ain't no bloomin' ode | I |
But you've 'elped the soldier's load | I |
An' for benefits bestowed | I |
Bless yer Bobs | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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