Loot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDECCCCFFCC GHGHDIJIC CKCKLCCAECC MCMCCCCACC CACANCCACCCCFFCCIf 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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