The 'eathen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD E FFGG EEHH EEEE CCDD EEII JJKE EELL EEEE MNOO EEEE PPQQ EEDD RRSS ETPP EEPP AALL CCDDThe 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone | A |
'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own | A |
'E keeps 'is side arms awful 'e leaves 'em all about | B |
An' then comes up the regiment an' pokes the 'eathen out | B |
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All along o' dirtiness all along o' mess | C |
All along o' doin' things rather more or less | C |
All along of abby nay kul an' hazar ho | D |
Mind you keep your rifle an' yourself jus' so | D |
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abby nay Not now kul To morrow hazar ho Wait a bit | E |
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The young recruit is 'aughty 'e draf's from Gawd knows where | F |
They bid 'im show 'is stockin's an' lay 'is mattress square | F |
'E calls it bloomin' nonsense 'e doesn't know no more | G |
An' then up comes 'is Company an' kicks 'im round the floor | G |
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The young recruit is 'ammered 'e takes it very 'ard | E |
'E 'angs 'is 'ead an' mutters 'e sulks about the yard | E |
'E talks o' quot cruel tyrants quot 'e'll swing for by an' by | H |
An' the others 'ears an' mocks 'im an' the boy goes orf to cry | H |
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The young recruit is silly 'e thinks o' suicide | E |
'E's lost 'is gutter devil 'e 'asn't got 'is pride | E |
But day by day they kicks 'im which 'elps 'im on a bit | E |
Till 'e finds 'isself one mornin' with a full an' proper kit | E |
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Gettin' clear o' dirtiness gettin' done with mess | C |
Gettin' shut o' doin' things rather more or less | C |
Not so fond of abby nay kul nor hazar ho | D |
Learns to keep 'is rifle an' 'isself jus' so | D |
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The young recruit is 'appy 'e throws a chest to suit | E |
You see 'im grow mustaches you 'ear 'im slap 'is boot | E |
'E learns to drop the quot bloodies quot from every word 'e slings | I |
An' 'e shows an 'ealthy brisket when 'e strips for bars an' rings | I |
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The cruel tyrant sergeants they watch 'im 'arf a year | J |
They watch 'im with 'is comrades they watch 'im with 'is beer | J |
They watch 'im with the women at the regimental dance | K |
And the cruel tyrant sergeants send 'is name along for quot Lance quot | E |
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An' now 'e's 'arf o' nothin' an' all a private yet | E |
'Is room they up an' rags 'im to see what they will get | E |
They rags 'im low an' cunnin' each dirty trick they can | L |
But 'e learns to sweat 'is temper an' 'e learns to sweat 'is man | L |
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An' last a Colour Sergeant as such to be obeyed | E |
'E schools 'is men at cricket 'e tells 'em on parade | E |
They sees 'em quick an' 'andy uncommon set an' smart | E |
An' so 'e talks to orficers which 'ave the Core at 'eart | E |
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'E learns to do 'is watchin' without it showin' plain | M |
'E learns to save a dummy an' shove 'im straight again | N |
'E learns to check a ranker that's buyin' leave to shirk | O |
An' 'e learns to make men like 'im so they'll learn to like their work | O |
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An' when it comes to marchin' he'll see their socks are right | E |
An' when it comes to action 'e shows 'em 'ow to sight | E |
'E knows their ways of thinkin' and just what's in their mind | E |
'E knows when they are takin' on an' when they've fell be'ind | E |
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'E knows each talkin' corpril that leads a squad astray | P |
'E feels 'is innards 'eavin' 'is bowels givin' way | P |
'E sees the blue white faces all tryin' 'ard to grin | Q |
An' 'e stands an' waits an' suffers till it's time to cap 'em in | Q |
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An' now the hugly bullets come peckin' through the dust | E |
An' no one wants to face 'em but every beggar must | E |
So like a man in irons which isn't glad to go | D |
They moves 'em off by companies uncommon stiff an' slow | D |
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Of all 'is five years' schoolin' they don't remember much | R |
Excep' the not retreatin' the step an' keepin' touch | R |
It looks like teachin' wasted when they duck an' spread an' 'op | S |
But if 'e 'adn't learned 'em they'd be all about the shop | S |
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An' now it's quot 'Oo goes backward quot an' now it's quot 'Oo comes on quot | E |
And now it's quot Get the doolies quot an' now the captain's gone | T |
An' now it's bloody murder but all the while they 'ear | P |
'Is voice the same as barrick drill a shepherdin' the rear | P |
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'E's just as sick as they are 'is 'eart is like to split | E |
But 'e works 'em works 'em works 'em till he feels 'em take the bit | E |
The rest is 'oldin' steady till the watchful bugles play | P |
An' 'e lifts 'em lifts 'em lifts 'em through the charge that wins the day | P |
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The 'eathen in 'is blindness bows down to wood an' stone | A |
'E don't obey no orders unless they is 'is own | A |
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began | L |
But the backbone of the Army is the non commissioned man | L |
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Keep away from dirtiness keep away from mess | C |
Don't get into doin' things rather more or less | C |
Let's ha' done with abby nay kul an' hazar ho | D |
Mind you keep your rifle an' yourself jus' so | D |
Rudyard Kipling
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