Constant Cannibal Maiden, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GBGB HIHIEEEE| Far oh far is the Mango island | A |
| Far oh far is the tropical sea | B |
| Palms a slant and the hills a smile and | A |
| A cannibal maiden a waiting for me | B |
| - | |
| I've been deceived by a damsel Spanish | C |
| And Indian maidens both red and brown | D |
| A black eyed Turk and a blue eyed Danish | C |
| And a Puritan lassie of Salem town | D |
| - | |
| For the Puritan Prue she sets in the offing | E |
| A castin' 'er eyes at a tall marine | F |
| And the Spanish minx is the wust at scoffing | E |
| Of all of the wimming I ever seen | F |
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| But the cannibal maid is a simple creetur | G |
| With a habit of gazin' over the sea | B |
| A hopin' in vain for the day I'll meet 'er | G |
| And constant and faithful a yearnin' for me | B |
| - | |
| Me Turkish sweetheart she played me double | H |
| Eloped with the Sultan Harum In Deed | I |
| And the Danish damsel she made me trouble | H |
| When she ups and married an oblong Swede | I |
| But there's truth in the heart of the maid o' Mango | E |
| Though her cheeks is black like the kiln baked cork | E |
| As she sets in the shade o' the whingo whango | E |
| A waitin' for me with a knife and fork | E |
Wallace Irwin
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