The Mother-lodge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEF CGHH CFIFFJKJ LHMHNOPO QJOJIFIF IFOFOFLF OFOFFRGR GIFAASJR FGHH| There was Rundle Station Master | A |
| An' Beazeley of the Rail | B |
| An' 'Ackman Commissariat | C |
| An' Donkin' o' the Jail | B |
| An' Blake Conductor Sargent | C |
| Our Master twice was 'e | D |
| With 'im that kept the Europe shop | E |
| Old Framjee Eduljee | F |
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| Outside quot Sergeant Sir Salute Salaam quot | C |
| Inside quot Brother quot an' it doesn't do no 'arm | G |
| We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square | H |
| An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother Lodge out there | H |
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| We'd Bola Nath Accountant | C |
| An' Saul the Aden Jew | F |
| An' Din Mohammed draughtsman | I |
| Of the Survey Office too | F |
| There was Babu Chuckerbutty | F |
| An' Amir Singh the Sikh | J |
| An' Castro from the fittin' sheds | K |
| The Roman Catholick | J |
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| We 'adn't good regalia | L |
| An' our Lodge was old an' bare | H |
| But we knew the Ancient Landmarks | M |
| An' we kep' 'em to a hair | H |
| An' lookin' on it backwards | N |
| It often strikes me thus | O |
| There ain't such things as infidels | P |
| Excep' per'aps it's us | O |
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| For monthly after Labour | Q |
| We'd all sit down and smoke | J |
| We dursn't give no banquits | O |
| Lest a Brother's caste were broke | J |
| An' man on man got talkin' | I |
| Religion an' the rest | F |
| An' every man comparin' | I |
| Of the God 'e knew the best | F |
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| So man on man got talkin' | I |
| An' not a Brother stirred | F |
| Till mornin' waked the parrots | O |
| An' that dam' brain fever bird | F |
| We'd say 'twas 'ighly curious | O |
| An' we'd all ride 'ome to bed | F |
| With Mo'ammed God an' Shiva | L |
| Changin' pickets in our 'ead | F |
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| Full oft on Guv'ment service | O |
| This rovin' foot 'ath pressed | F |
| An' bore fraternal greetin's | O |
| To the Lodges east an' west | F |
| Accordin' as commanded | F |
| From Kohat to Singapore | R |
| But I wish that I might see them | G |
| In my Mother Lodge once more | R |
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| I wish that I might see them | G |
| My Brethren black an' brown | I |
| With the trichies smellin' pleasant | F |
| An' the hog darn passin' down Cigar lighter | A |
| An' the old khansamah snorin' Butler | A |
| On the bottle khana floor Pantry | S |
| Like a Master in good standing | J |
| With my Mother Lodge once more | R |
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| Outside quot Sergeant Sir Salute Salaam quot | F |
| Inside quot Brother quot an' it doesn't do no 'arm | G |
| We met upon the Level an' we parted on the Square | H |
| An' I was Junior Deacon in my Mother Lodge out there | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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