Little People: An Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Little People: An Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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A for Arab	A
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This Arab is upset I fear	B
Look at his pretty shield and spear	B
He's stuck two pistols in his sash	C
And dear me how his eyes do flash	C
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At home he has a horse to ride	D
To scour the desert is his pride	D
His horse is of the purest breed	E
Some people call his horse a steed	E
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B for Boer	F
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Here is your little brother Boer	F
Of course you've heard of him before	F
He has a naughty Uncle Paul	G
Who used to want to eat us all	G
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Although he does not wear a tie	H
He's just as white as you or I	H
And just as fond of cake and fruit	I
The difference is that he can shoot	I
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C for Chinaboy	A
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Li has a pigtail and a fan	J
And yet he's not a Chinaman	J
In fact he is his mother's joy	K
A merry little Chinaboy	A
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His father is a Mandarin	J
His father's name is Loo Too Sin	J
They put no sugar in his tea	L
Yet he's as good as good can be	L
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D for Dutch	M
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Miss Gretchen Groople She is Dutch	M
In Holland there are many such	M
Her shoes are wooden like the floor	F
How nice she keeps her pinafore	F
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She says that there is nothing finer	F
Than the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina	J
She says that she has never seen a	J
Sweeter Queen than Wilhelmina	J
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E for English	N
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The English are a splendid race	O
Sturdy of limb honest of face	O
They own this is geography	L
Much of the land and all the sea	L
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That is to say they rule the waves	P
They never never will be slaves	P
They're brave but do not want to fight	Q
And if you're English you're all right	Q
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F for French	R
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The French can cook and fence and dance	S
They're fond of shouting Long live France	S
They make the prettiest hats and frocks	T
Also French pickles and French clocks	T
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They shave their poodles drink much wine	J
And laugh a great deal when they dine	J
French boys play soldiers now and then	J
And must be soldiers when they're men	J
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G for German	J
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Hans as you see to town has been	J
His waistcoat's red his sunshade green	J
He lives beside the river Iser	F
And calls his emperor the Kaiser	F
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In Germany no end of toys	U
Are made for English girls and boys	U
The English children merely break them	V
Hans sits at home and helps to make them	V
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H for Hungarian	J
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In Hungary they hunt and fish	N
Between ourselves I often wish	N
I lived there for it must be grand	W
I've heard the Blue Hungarian Band	W
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In Hungary a boy wears white	Q
Blouses his knickers fit him tight	Q
He has top boots of patent leather	F
And in his hat a peacock's feather	F
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I for Indian	J
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The Indian boy is neatly dressed	X
He has no shirt he wears a crest	X
Of eagle's feathers on his head	Y
His skin is of a coppery red	Y
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If you said to him You and I	H
Will run and catch a butterfly	H
The Indian boy would say No No	J
I wish to chase the buffalo	J
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J for Japanese	Z
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The little Japs are rather small	G
Even their fathers are not tall	G
They're very fond of parasols	Z
They dress themselves just like their dolls	Z
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They live beneath the sunniest skies	Z
Their hair is black to match their eyes	Z
Their robes are black to match their hair	F
And O what tiny shoes they wear	F
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K for Kaffir	F
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This Kaffir looks a trifle sly	H
He smiles and smiles I wonder why	H
Perhaps he's playing at a game	A2
Or thinking of his long long name	A2
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His name you know is Washington	J
Neb u chad nez zar Solomon	J
Sambo Snowball Timothy Jack	B2
Adolphus Rule Britannia Black	B2
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L for Laplander	F
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I think the Laplander is nice	Z
He lives among the snow and ice	Z
The reindeer drags his sledge for him	C2
And gives him meat and milk to skim	C2
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His spears are sharp they shine like steel	D2
He hunts the walrus and the seal	D2
Often when he has time to spare	F
He hunts the white or polar bear	F
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M for Mexican	J
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The plucky little Mexican	J
Rides on the pampas like a man	J
His horse may kick and plunge and rear	F
He does not feel the least bit queer	F
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If he should see an old grey goose	Z
Or a young turkey running loose	Z
You may be pretty certain that	E2
He'd catch it with his lariat	F2
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N for Neapolitan	J
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The Neapolitan is wise	Z
He plays the pipes for pence and buys	Z
Ice cream and candy every day	G2
To help him on his weary way	G2
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His tunes are chiefly of one note	H2
He has a sheepskin for a coat	H2
His water bottle's painted yellow	J
He is a handsome little fellow	J
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O for Odalisque	B2
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O pretty little Odalisque	B2
I know you want to dance and frisk	B2
And play at hide and seek with me	L
And yet you know it cannot be	L
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Unless unless my dear you choose	Z
To put away those curious shoes	Z
Also your coat and cap and veil	I2
They'd hang up nicely on a nail	I2
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P for Persian	J
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The Persian has a funny hat	E2
He often sits upon a mat	E2
He hears the bulbul sing and roves	Z
Through rose gardens and lemon groves	Z
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Child if by any chance you meet	J2
A little Persian in the street	J2
Do not be rude and cry Yah yah	K2
But ask him if he's seen the Shah	K2
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Q for Quakeress	Z
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I like the little Quakeress	Z
She is so quaint I like her dress	Z
Her very very plain white bonnet	F2
Her stuff gown with no trimming on it	L2
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Her hands are pink and soft and small	G
They peep out from her dark green shawl	G
She lives on milk and bread and honey	L
She must be saving pots of money	L
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R for Russian	J
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Russia is noted for its tar	F
Its leather and its great white Czar	F
A Russian wears his clothes quite loose	Z
And drinks his tea with lemon juice	Z
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The Russian boys have chubby faces	Z
They play at marbles and run races	Z
The climate sometimes makes them cough	M2
They've names like Shuffski and Poppoff	M2
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S for Scotch	N2
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The Scotch wear kilts both boys and men	J
When they don't know they dinna ken	J
They love the thistle we the rose	Z
They're fond of oatmeal kail and brose	Z
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In war the Scotch are very bold	O2
Burns was a Scot who I am told	O2
Wrote verses and ploughed fields by turns	Z
So every Scot is proud of Burns	Z
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T for Tyrolean	J
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The Tyrol has a splendid air	F
And mountains mountains everywhere	F
The mountains are all tops and sides	Z
You climb them best with ropes and guides	Z
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The Tyrolean's hat is smart	P2
He yodels and is light of heart	P2
His yodelling is very sweet	J2
His stockings haven't any feet	J2
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U for United States	Z
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The States are full of mush and pie	H
And houses twenty stories high	H
Saw mills and millionaires and bustle	Q2
The people there have got to hustle	Q2
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The business of the States is done	J
Ex clu sive ly by telephone	J
And that is why the people say	Z
I guess we're 'cute in U S A	J
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V for Valencian	J
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Valencia's a little town	J
In Spain It's dusty and baked brown	J
And full of dirt and mules and fleas	Z
And all around are orange trees	Z
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This well fed boy as you may see	L
Has been dressed very carefully	L
His garments show that he's a Don	J
He knows that he has got them on	J
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W for Welshman	J
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Taffy my boy I've heard with grief	M2
That shocking tale about the beef	M2
But Taffy between me and you	R2
I really don't believe it's true	R2
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I'm told that there are pretty vales	Z
And hills with sheep on them in Wales	Z
O Taffy Taffy don't be put on	J
You can't want beef while you've Welsh mutton	J
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Z for Zany	J
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A zany is a kind of clown	J
Who wanders idly up and down	J
And wags his head and shakes his bells	Z
And chortles at the tales he tells	Z
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He'll joke with you in sun or show'r	F
And keep you laughing by the hour	F
Some zanies are a trifle mad	S2
Now we have finished and I'm glad	S2