Le Roi D-yvetot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCDDD EFEFCCCDEGEGAAADEBEB CCHDEAEABBBDAEAEAAAD A AAIAAAAJJ EJEJBBBIEAEAAAAIAJAB CCCIEAEAAAAIECECFFFJ J

Il etait un roi d'YvetotA
Peu connu dans l'histoireB
Se levant tard se couchant totA
Dormant fort bien sans gloireB
Et couronne par JeannetonC
D'un simple bonnet de cotonC
Dit onC
Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ahD
Quel bon petit roi c'etait laD
La laD
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Il fesait ses quatre repasE
Dans son palais de chaumeF
Et sur un ane pas a pasE
Parcourait son royaumeF
Joyeux simple et croyant le bienC
Pour toute garde il n'avait rienC
Qu'un chienC
Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ahD
Il n'avait de gout onereuxE
Qu'une soif un peu viveG
Mais en rendant son peuple heureuxE
Il faut bien qu'un roi viveG
Lui meme a table et sans suppotA
Sur chaque muid levait un potA
D'impotA
Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ahD
Aux filles de bonnes maisonsE
Comme il avait su plaireB
Ses sujets avaient cent raisonsE
De le nommer leur pereB
D'ailleurs il ne levait de banC
Que pour tirer quatre fois l'anC
Au blancH
Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ahD
Il n'agrandit point ses etatsE
Fut un voisin commodeA
Et modele des potentatsE
Prit le plaisir pour codeA
Ce n'est que loraqu'il expiraB
Que le peuple qui l'enterraB
PleuraB
Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ahD
On conserve encor le portraitA
De ce digne et bon princeE
C'est l'enseigne d'un cabaretA
Fameux dans la provinceE
Les jours de fete bien souventA
La foule s'ecrie en buvantA
DevantA
Oh oh oh oh ah ah ah ahD
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The King Of YvetotA
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There was a king of YvetotA
Of whom renown hath little saidA
Who let all thoughts of glory goI
And dawdled half his days a bedA
And every night as night came roundA
By Jenny with a nightcap crownedA
Slept very soundA
Sing ho ho ho and he he heJ
That's the kind of king for meJ
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And every day it came to passE
That four lusty meals made heJ
And step by step upon an assE
Rode abroad his realms to seeJ
And wherever he did stirB
What think you was his escort sirB
Why an old curB
Sing ho ho hoI
If e'er he went into excessE
'Twas from a somewhat lively thirstA
But he who would his subjects blessE
Odd's fish must wet his whistle firstA
And so from every cask they gotA
Our king did to himself allotA
At least a potA
Sing ho hoI
To all the ladies of the landA
A courteous king and kind was heJ
The reason why you'll understandA
They named him Pater PatriaeB
Each year he called his fighting menC
And marched a league from home and thenC
Marched back againC
Sing ho hoI
Neither by force nor false pretenceE
He sought to make his kingdom greatA
And made O princes learn from henceE
'Live and let live ' his rule of stateA
'Twas only when he came to dieA
That his people who stood byA
Were known to cryA
Sing ho hoI
The portrait of this best of kingsE
Is extant still upon a signC
That on a village tavern swingsE
Famed in the country for good wineC
The people in their Sunday trimF
Filling their glasses to the brimF
Look up to himF
Singing ha ha ha and he he heJ
That's the sort of king for meJ

William Makepeace Thackeray



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