The Annual Pill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEFEFG HIJIKLKMG NONOIIII BCBI| Supposed to be sung by OLD PROSY the Jew in the character of Major CARTWRIGHT | A |
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| Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill | B |
| Dat's to purify every ting nashty avay | C |
| Pless ma heart pless ma heart let ma say vat I vill | B |
| Not a Chrishtian or Shentleman minds vat I say | D |
| 'Tis so pretty a bolus just down let it go | E |
| And at vonce such a radical shange you vill see | F |
| Dat I'd not be surprished like de horse in de show | E |
| If your heads all vere found vere your tailsh ought to be | F |
| Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill etc | G |
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| 'Twill cure all Electors and purge away clear | H |
| Dat mighty bad itching dey've got in deir hands | I |
| 'Twill cure too all Statesmen of dulness ma tear | J |
| Tho' the case vas as desperate as poor Mister VAN'S | I |
| Dere is noting at all vat dis Pill vill not reach | K |
| Give the Sinecure Ghentleman van little grain | L |
| Pless ma heart it vill act like de salt on de leech | K |
| And he'll throw de pounds shillings and pence up again | M |
| Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill etc | G |
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| 'Twould be tedious ma tear all its peauties to paint | N |
| But among oder tings fundamentally wrong | O |
| It vill cure de Proad Pottom a common complaint | N |
| Among M P 's and weavers from sitting too long | O |
| Should symptoms of speeching preak out on a dunce | I |
| Vat is often de case it vill stop de disease | I |
| And pring avay all de long speeches at vonce | I |
| Dat else vould like tape worms come by degrees | I |
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| Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill | B |
| Dat's to purify every ting nashty avay | C |
| Pless ma heart pless ma heart let me say vat I vill | B |
| Not a Chrishtian or Shentleman minds vat I say | I |
Thomas Moore
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