Oonts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDDEDE FD GGFFDHDH IIJJDFDF KKLLDMDM DDDDDFDF| Northern India Transport Train | A |
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| Wot makes the soldier's 'eart to penk wot makes 'im to perspire | B |
| It isn't standin' up to charge nor lyin' down to fire | C |
| But it's everlastin' waitin' on a everlastin' road | D |
| For the commissariat camel an' 'is commissariat load | D |
| O the oont O the oont O the commissariat oont | D |
| With 'is silly neck a bobbin' like a basket full o' snakes | E |
| We packs 'im like an idol an' you ought to 'ear 'im grunt | D |
| An' when we gets 'im loaded up 'is blessed girth rope breaks | E |
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| Camel oo is pronounced like u in quot bull quot but by Mr Atkins | F |
| to rhyme with quot front quot | D |
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| Wot makes the rear guard swear so 'ard when night is drorin' in | G |
| An' every native follower is shiverin' for 'is skin | G |
| It ain't the chanst o' being rushed by Paythans from the 'ills | F |
| It's the commissariat camel puttin' on 'is bloomin' frills | F |
| O the oont O the oont O the hairy scary oont | D |
| A trippin' over tent ropes when we've got the night alarm | H |
| We socks 'im with a stretcher pole an' 'eads 'im off in front | D |
| An' when we've saved 'is bloomin' life 'e chaws our bloomin' arm | H |
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| The 'orse 'e knows above a bit the bullock's but a fool | I |
| The elephant's a gentleman the battery mule's a mule | I |
| But the commissariat cam u el when all is said an' done | J |
| 'E's a devil an' a ostrich an' a orphan child in one | J |
| O the oont O the oont O the Gawd forsaken oont | D |
| The lumpy 'umpy 'ummin' bird a singin' where 'e lies | F |
| 'E's blocked the whole division from the rear guard to the front | D |
| An' when we get him up again the beggar goes an' dies | F |
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| 'E'll gall an' chafe an' lame an' fight 'e smells most awful vile | K |
| 'E'll lose 'isself for ever if you let 'im stray a mile | K |
| 'E's game to graze the 'ole day long an' 'owl the 'ole night through | L |
| An' when 'e comes to greasy ground 'e splits 'isself in two | L |
| O the oont O the oont O the floppin' droppin' oont | D |
| When 'is long legs give from under an' 'is meltin' eye is dim | M |
| The tribes is up be'ind us and the tribes is out in front | D |
| It ain't no jam for Tommy but it's kites an' crows for 'im | M |
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| So when the cruel march is done an' when the roads is blind | D |
| An' when we sees the camp in front an' 'ears the shots be'ind | D |
| Ho then we strips 'is saddle off and all 'is woes is past | D |
| 'E thinks on us that used 'im so and gets revenge at last | D |
| O the oont O the oont O the floatin' bloatin' oont | D |
| The late lamented camel in the water cut 'e lies | F |
| We keeps a mile be'ind 'im an' we keeps a mile in front | D |
| But 'e gets into the drinkin' casks and then o' course we dies | F |
Rudyard Kipling
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