Tommy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBCCC DDEEBBBB FFBBBGGG BBEEBBBB HIEEBBEE| I went into a public 'ouse to get a pint o' beer | A |
| The publican 'e up an' sez quot We serve no red coats here quot | B |
| The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die | B |
| I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I | B |
| O it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' quot Tommy go away quot | B |
| But it's quot Thank you Mister Atkins quot when the band begins to play | C |
| The band begins to play my boys the band begins to play | C |
| O it's quot Thank you Mister Atkins quot when the band begins to play | C |
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| I went into a theatre as sober as could be | D |
| They gave a drunk civilian room but 'adn't none for me | D |
| They sent me to the gallery or round the music 'alls | E |
| But when it comes to fightin' Lord they'll shove me in the stalls | E |
| For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' quot Tommy wait outside quot | B |
| But it's quot Special train for Atkins quot when the trooper's on the tide | B |
| The troopship's on the tide my boys the troopship's on the tide | B |
| O it's quot Special train for Atkins quot when the trooper's on the tide | B |
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| Yes makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep | F |
| Is cheaper than them uniforms an' they're starvation cheap | F |
| An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit | B |
| Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit | B |
| Then it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' quot Tommy 'ow's yer soul quot | B |
| But it's quot Thin red line of 'eroes quot when the drums begin to roll | G |
| The drums begin to roll my boys the drums begin to roll | G |
| O it's quot Thin red line of 'eroes quot when the drums begin to roll | G |
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| We aren't no thin red 'eroes nor we aren't no blackguards too | B |
| But single men in barricks most remarkable like you | B |
| An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints | E |
| Why single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints | E |
| While it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' quot Tommy fall be'ind quot | B |
| But it's quot Please to walk in front sir quot when there's trouble in the wind | B |
| There's trouble in the wind my boys there's trouble in the wind | B |
| O it's quot Please to walk in front sir quot when there's trouble in the wind | B |
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| You talk o' better food for us an' schools an' fires an' all | H |
| We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational | I |
| Don't mess about the cook room slops but prove it to our face | E |
| The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier man's disgrace | E |
| For it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' quot Chuck him out the brute quot | B |
| But it's quot Saviour of 'is country quot when the guns begin to shoot | B |
| An' it's Tommy this an' Tommy that an' anything you please | E |
| An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool you bet that Tommy sees | E |
Rudyard Kipling
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