Sea Ballad - From Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDB DEDEE AFGGBH IIBH HJKJBH CIAI LMBHMLLC| HOW many said our good Captain | A |
| Twenty sail and more | B |
| We were homeward bound | C |
| Scudding in a gale with our jib towards the Nore | B |
| Right athwart our tack | D |
| The foe came thick and black | D |
| Like Hell birds and foul weather you might count them by the score | B |
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| The Betsy Jane did slack | D |
| To see the game in view | E |
| They knew the Union Jack | D |
| And the tyrant s flag we knew | E |
| Our Captain shouted Clear the decks and the Bo sun s whistle blew | E |
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| Then our gallant Captain | A |
| With his hand he seiz d the wheel | F |
| And pointed with his stump to the middle of the foe | G |
| Hurray lads in we go | G |
| You should hear the British cheer | B |
| Fore and aft | H |
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| There are twenty sail sang he | I |
| But little Betsy Jane bobs to nothing on the sea | I |
| You should hear the British cheer | B |
| Fore and aft | H |
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| See you ugly craft | H |
| With the pennon at her main | J |
| Hurrah my merry boys | K |
| There goes the Betsy Jane | J |
| You should hear the British cheer | B |
| Fore and aft | H |
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| The foe he beats to quarters and the Russian bugles sound | C |
| And the little Betsy Jane she leaps upon the sea | I |
| Port and starboard cried our Captain | A |
| Pay it in my hearts sang he | I |
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| We re old England s sons | L |
| And we ll fight for her to day | M |
| You should hear the British cheer | B |
| Fore and aft | H |
| Fire away | M |
| In she runs | L |
| And her guns | L |
| Thunder round | C |
Sydney Thompson Dobell
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