The Widow At Windsor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBDDBDDADDDD ADCDDBEFBBBDGDD AHBHHHBIBBBCACC| 'Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor | A |
| With a hairy gold crown on 'er 'ead | B |
| She 'as ships on the foam she 'as millions at 'ome | C |
| An' she pays us poor beggars in red | B |
| Ow poor beggars in red | B |
| There's 'er nick on the cavalry 'orses | D |
| There's 'er mark on the medical stores | D |
| An' 'er troopers you'll find with a fair wind be'ind | B |
| That takes us to various wars | D |
| Poor beggars barbarious wars | D |
| Then 'ere's to the Widow at Windsor | A |
| An' 'ere's to the stores an' the guns | D |
| The men an' the 'orses what makes up the forces | D |
| O' Missis Victorier's sons | D |
| Poor beggars Victorier's sons | D |
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| Walk wide o' the Widow at Windsor | A |
| For 'alf o' Creation she owns | D |
| We 'ave bought 'er the same with the sword an' the flame | C |
| An' we've salted it down with our bones | D |
| Poor beggars it's blue with our bones | D |
| Hands off o' the sons o' the Widow | B |
| Hands off o' the goods in 'er shop | E |
| For the Kings must come down an' the Emperors frown | F |
| When the Widow at Windsor says quot Stop quot | B |
| Poor beggars we're sent to say quot Stop quot | B |
| Then 'ere's to the Lodge o' the Widow | B |
| From the Pole to the Tropics it runs | D |
| To the Lodge that we tile with the rank an' the file | G |
| An' open in form with the guns | D |
| Poor beggars it's always they guns | D |
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| We 'ave 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor | A |
| It's safest to let 'er alone | H |
| For 'er sentries we stand by the sea an' the land | B |
| Wherever the bugles are blown | H |
| Poor beggars an' don't we get blown | H |
| Take 'old o' the Wings o' the Mornin' | H |
| An' flop round the earth till you're dead | B |
| But you won't get away from the tune that they play | I |
| To the bloomin' old rag over'ead | B |
| Poor beggars it's 'ot over'ead | B |
| Then 'ere's to the sons o' the Widow | B |
| Wherever 'owever they roam | C |
| 'Ere's all they desire an' if they require | A |
| A speedy return to their 'ome | C |
| Poor beggars they'll never see 'ome | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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