Emily, John, James, And I. A Derby Legend Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Emily Jane was a nursery maid	A
James was a bold Life Guard	B
John was a constable poorly paid	A
And I am a doggerel bard	B
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A very good girl was Emily Jane	C
Jimmy was good and true	D
John was a very good man in the main	C
And I am a good man too	D
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Rivals for Emmie were Johnny and James	E
Though Emily liked them both	F
She couldn't tell which had the strongest claims	E
And I couldn't take my oath	F
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But sooner or later you're certain to find	G
Your sentiments can't lie hid	H
JANE thought it was time that she made up her mind	G
And I think it was time she did	H
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Said Jane with a smirk and a blush on her face	I
I'll promise to wed the boy	J
Who takes me to morrow to Epsom Race	I
Which I would have done with joy	J
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From Johnny escaped an expression of pain	C
But Jimmy said Done with you	D
I'll take you with pleasure my Emily Jane	C
And I would have said so too	D
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John lay on the ground and he roared like mad	K
For Johnny was sore perplexed	L
And he kicked very hard at a very small lad	K
Which I often do when vexed	L
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For JOHN was on duty next day with the Force	M
To punish all Epsom crimes	N
Young people will cross when they're clearing the course	M
I do it myself sometimes	N
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The Derby Day sun glittered gaily on cads	O
On maidens with gamboge hair	P
On sharpers and pickpockets swindlers and pads	Q
For I with my harp was there	P
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And Jimmy went down with his JANE that day	R
And John by the collar or nape	S
Seized everybody who came in his way	R
And I had a narrow escape	S
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He noticed his Emily Jane with Jim	T
And envied the well made elf	U
And people remarked that he muttered Oh dim	T
I often say dim myself	U
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John dogged them all day without asking their leaves	V
For his sergeant he told aside	W
That Jimmy and Jane were notorious thieves	V
And I think he was justified	W
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But James wouldn't dream of abstracting a fork	X
And Jenny would blush with shame	Y
At stealing so much as a bottle or cork	X
A bottle I think fair game	Y
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But ah there's another more serious crime	Z
They wickedly strayed upon	A2
The course at a critical moment of time	Z
I pointed them out to John	A2
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The constable fell on the pair in a crack	B2
And then with a demon smile	C2
Let Jenny cross over but sent Jimmy back	B2
I played on my harp the while	C2
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Stern Johnny their agony loud derides	D2
With a very triumphant sneer	E2
They weep and they wail from the opposite sides	D2
And I shed a silent tear	P
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And Jenny is crying away like mad	K
And Jimmy is swearing hard	B
And Johnny is looking uncommonly glad	K
And I am a doggerel bard	B
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But Jimmy he ventured on crossing again	F2
The scenes of our Isthmian Games	E
John caught him and collared him giving him pain	C
I felt very much for James	E
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John led him away with a victor's hand	G2
And Jimmy was shortly seen	H2
In the station house under the grand Grand Stand	G2
As many a time I'VE been	I2
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And Jimmy bad boy was imprisoned for life	J2
Though Emily pleaded hard	B
And Johnny had Emily Jane to wife	J2
And I am a doggerel bard	B

William Schwenck Gilbert

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