Emily, John, James, And I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ CDCD KLKL MNMN OPQP RSRS TUTU VWVW XYXY ZA2ZA2 B2C2B2C2 D2E2D2P KBKB F2ECE G2H2G2I2 J2BJ2B| 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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