Soldier An' Sailor Too Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCDDD EEFDDDDD GHIHJDHDDD HHDDHDDD KKLDHDDHDD HMAMHDDNDDHD| As I was spittin' into the Ditch aboard o' the Crocodile | A |
| I seed a man on a man o' war got up in the Reg'lars' style | A |
| 'E was scrapin' the paint from off of 'er plates | B |
| an' I sez to 'im ''Oo are you ' | C |
| Sez 'e 'I'm a Jolly 'Er Majesty's Jolly soldier an' sailor too ' | C |
| Now 'is work begins by Gawd knows when and 'is work is never through | D |
| 'E isn't one o' the reg'lar Line nor 'e isn't one of the crew | D |
| 'E's a kind of a giddy harumfrodite soldier an' sailor too | D |
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| An' after I met 'im all over the world a doin' all kinds of things | E |
| Like landin' 'isself with a Gatlin' gun to talk to them 'eathen kings | E |
| 'E sleeps in an 'ammick instead of a cot | F |
| an' 'e drills with the deck on a slew | D |
| An' 'e sweats like a Jolly 'Er Majesty's Jolly soldier an' sailor too | D |
| For there isn't a job on the top o' the earth the beggar don't know nor do | D |
| You can leave 'im at night on a bald man's 'ead to paddle 'is own canoe | D |
| 'E's a sort of a bloomin' cosmopolouse soldier an' sailor too | D |
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| We've fought 'em in trooper we've fought 'em in dock | G |
| and drunk with 'em in betweens | H |
| When they called us the seasick scull'ry maids | I |
| an' we called 'em the Ass Marines | H |
| But when we was down for a double fatigue from Woolwich to Bernardmyo | J |
| We sent for the Jollies 'Er Majesty's Jollies soldier an' sailor too | D |
| They think for 'emselves an' they steal for 'emselves | H |
| and they never ask what's to do | D |
| But they're camped an' fed an' they're up an' fed before our bugle's blew | D |
| Ho they ain't no limpin' procrastitutes soldier an' sailor too | D |
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| You may say we are fond of an 'arness cut or 'ootin' in barrick yards | H |
| Or startin' a Board School mutiny along o' the Onion Guards | H |
| But once in a while we can finish in style for the ends of the earth to view | D |
| The same as the Jollies 'Er Majesty's Jollies soldier an' sailor too | D |
| They come of our lot they was brothers to us | H |
| they was beggars we'd met an' knew | D |
| Yes barrin' an inch in the chest an' the arm they was doubles o' me an' you | D |
| For they weren't no special chrysanthemums soldier an' sailor too | D |
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| To take your chance in the thick of a rush with firing all about | K |
| Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and an' leave an' likin' to shout | K |
| But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill | L |
| is a damn tough bullet to chew | D |
| An' they done it the Jollies 'Er Majesty's Jollies | H |
| soldier an' sailor too | D |
| Their work was done when it 'adn't begun they was younger nor me an' you | D |
| Their choice it was plain between drownin' in 'eaps | H |
| an' bein' mopped by the screw | D |
| So they stood an' was still to the Birken'ead drill soldier an' sailor too | D |
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| We're most of us liars we're 'arf of us thieves | H |
| an' the rest are as rank as can be | M |
| But once in a while we can finish in style | A |
| which I 'ope it won't 'appen to me | M |
| But it makes you think better o' you an' your friends | H |
| an' the work you may 'ave to do | D |
| When you think o' the sinkin' Victorier 's Jollies soldier an' sailor too | D |
| Now there isn't no room for to say ye don't know | N |
| they 'ave proved it plain and true | D |
| That whether it's Widow or whether it's ship Victorier's work is to do | D |
| An' they done it the Jollies 'Er Majesty's Jollies | H |
| soldier an' sailor too | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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