Loot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDECCCCFFCC GHGHDIJIC CKCKLCCAECC MCMCCCCACC CACANCCACCCCFFCC| If you've ever stole a pheasant egg be'ind the keeper's back | A |
| If you've ever snigged the washin' from the line | B |
| If you've ever crammed a gander in your bloomin' 'aversack | A |
| You will understand this little song o' mine | B |
| But the service rules are 'ard an' from such we are debarred | C |
| For the same with English morals does not suit | C |
| Cornet Toot toot | C |
| W'y they call a man a robber if 'e stuffs 'is marchin' clobber | D |
| With the | E |
| Chorus Loo loo Lulu lulu Loo loo Loot loot loot | C |
| Ow the loot | C |
| Bloomin' loot | C |
| That's the thing to make the boys git up an' shoot | C |
| It's the same with dogs an' men | F |
| If you'd make 'em come again | F |
| Clap 'em forward with a Loo loo Lulu Loot | C |
| ff Whoopee Tear 'im puppy Loo loo Lulu Loot loot loot | C |
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| If you've knocked a nigger edgeways when 'e's thrustin' for your life | G |
| You must leave 'im very careful where 'e fell | H |
| An' may thank your stars an' gaiters if you didn't feel 'is knife | G |
| That you ain't told off to bury 'im as well | H |
| Then the sweatin' Tommies wonder as they spade the beggars under | D |
| Why lootin' should be entered as a crime | I |
| So if my song you'll 'ear I will learn you plain an' clear | J |
| 'Ow to pay yourself for fightin' overtime | I |
| Chorus With the loot | C |
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| Now remember when you're 'acking round a gilded Burma god | C |
| That 'is eyes is very often precious stones | K |
| An' if you treat a nigger to a dose o' cleanin' rod | C |
| 'E's like to show you everything 'e owns | K |
| When 'e won't prodooce no more pour some water on the floor | L |
| Where you 'ear it answer 'ollow to the boot | C |
| Cornet Toot toot | C |
| When the ground begins to sink shove your baynick down the chink | A |
| An' you're sure to touch the | E |
| Chorus Loo loo Lulu Loot loot loot | C |
| Ow the loot | C |
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| When from 'ouse to 'ouse you're 'unting you must always work in pairs | M |
| It 'alves the gain but safer you will find | C |
| For a single man gets bottled on them twisty wisty stairs | M |
| An' a woman comes and clobs 'im from be'ind | C |
| When you've turned 'em inside out an' it seems beyond a doubt | C |
| As if there weren't enough to dust a flute | C |
| Cornet Toot toot | C |
| Before you sling your 'ook at the 'ousetops take a look | A |
| For it's underneath the tiles they 'ide the loot | C |
| Chorus Ow the loot | C |
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| You can mostly square a Sergint an' a Quartermaster too | C |
| If you only take the proper way to go | A |
| I could never keep my pickin's but I've learned you all I knew | C |
| An' don't you never say I told you so | A |
| An' now I'll bid good bye for I'm gettin' rather dry | N |
| An' I see another tunin' up to toot | C |
| Cornet Toot toot | C |
| So 'ere's good luck to those that wears the Widow's clo'es | A |
| An' the Devil send 'em all they want o' loot | C |
| Chorus Yes the loot | C |
| Bloomin' loot | C |
| In the tunic an' the mess tin an' the boot | C |
| It's the same with dogs an' men | F |
| If you'd make 'em come again | F |
| fff Whoop 'em forward with a Loo loo Lulu Loot loot loot | C |
| Heeya Sick 'im puppy Loo loo Lulu Loot loot loot | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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