King Borria Bungalee Boo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBB BCBCC DEDEE AEAEE BEBEE EFEF EEEEE EEEEE BBGH EIEII BEBEE JKJKK EE EE ELBL BMIM EEEEE D DN ECEC BEBEE BDEDD BEIEE| KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO | A |
| Was a man eating African swell | B |
| His sigh was a hullaballoo | B |
| His whisper a horrible yell | B |
| A horrible horrible yell | B |
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| Four subjects and all of them male | B |
| To BORRIA doubled the knee | C |
| They were once on a far larger scale | B |
| But he'd eaten the balance you see | C |
| 'Scale' and 'balance' is punning you see | C |
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| There was haughty PISH TUSH POOH BAH | D |
| There was lumbering DOODLE DUM DEY | E |
| Despairing ALACK A DEY AH | D |
| And good little TOOTLE TUM TEH | E |
| Exemplary TOOTLE TUM TEH | E |
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| One day there was grief in the crew | A |
| For they hadn't a morsel of meat | E |
| And BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO | A |
| Was dying for something to eat | E |
| 'Come provide me with something to eat | E |
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| 'ALACK A DEY famished I feel | B |
| Oh good little TOOTLE TUM TEH | E |
| Where on earth shall I look for a meal | B |
| For I haven't no dinner to day | E |
| Not a morsel of dinner to day | E |
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| 'Dear TOOTLE TUM what shall we do | E |
| Come get us a meal or in truth | F |
| If you don't we shall have to eat you | E |
| Oh adorable friend of our youth | F |
| Thou beloved little friend of our youth ' | - |
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| And he answered 'Oh BUNGALEE BOO | E |
| For a moment I hope you will wait | E |
| TIPPY WIPPITY TOL THE ROL LOO | E |
| Is the Queen of a neighbouring state | E |
| A remarkably neighbouring state | E |
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| 'TIPPY WIPPITY TOL THE ROL LOO | E |
| She would pickle deliciously cold | E |
| And her four pretty Amazons too | E |
| Are enticing and not very old | E |
| Twenty seven is not very old | E |
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| 'There is neat little TITTY FOL LEH | B |
| There is rollicking TRAL THE RAL LAH | B |
| There is jocular WAGGETY WEH | G |
| There is musical DOH REH MI FAH | H |
| There's the nightingale DOH REH MI FAH ' | - |
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| So the forces of BUNGALEE BOO | E |
| Marched forth in a terrible row | I |
| And the ladies who fought for QUEEN LOO | E |
| Prepared to encounter the foe | I |
| This dreadful insatiate foe | I |
| - | |
| But they sharpened no weapons at all | B |
| And they poisoned no arrows not they | E |
| They made ready to conquer or fall | B |
| In a totally different way | E |
| An entirely different way | E |
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| With a crimson and pearly white dye | J |
| They endeavoured to make themselves fair | K |
| With black they encircled each eye | J |
| And with yellow they painted their hair | K |
| It was wool but they thought it was hair | K |
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| And the forces they met in the field | E |
| And the men of KING BORRIA said | E |
| 'Amazonians immediately yield ' | - |
| And their arrows they drew to the head | E |
| Yes drew them right up to the head | E |
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| But jocular WAGGETY WEH | E |
| Ogled DOODLE DUM DEY which was wrong | L |
| And neat little TITTY FOL LEH | B |
| Said 'TOOTLE TUM you go along | L |
| You naughty old dear go along ' | - |
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| And rollicking TRAL THE RAL LAH | B |
| Tapped ALACK A DEY AH with her fan | M |
| And musical DOH REH MI FAH | I |
| Said 'PISH go away you bad man | M |
| Go away you delightful young man ' | - |
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| And the Amazons simpered and sighed | E |
| And they ogled and giggled and flushed | E |
| And they opened their pretty eyes wide | E |
| And they chuckled and flirted and blushed | E |
| At least if they could they'd have blushed | E |
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| But haughty PISH TUSH POOH BAH | D |
| Said 'ALACK A DEY what does this mean ' | - |
| And despairing ALACK A DEY AH | D |
| Said 'They think us uncommonly green | N |
| Ha ha most uncommonly green ' | - |
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| Even blundering DOODLE DUM DEY | E |
| Was insensible quite to their leers | C |
| And said good little TOOTLE TUM TEH | E |
| 'It's your blood we desire pretty dears | C |
| We have come for our dinners my dears ' | - |
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| And the Queen of the Amazons fell | B |
| To BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO | E |
| In a mouthful he gulped with a yell | B |
| TIPPY WIPPITY TOL THE ROL LOO | E |
| The pretty QUEEN TOL THE ROL LOO | E |
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| And neat little TITTY FOL LEH | B |
| Was eaten by PISH POOH BAH | D |
| And light hearted WAGGETY WEH | E |
| By dismal ALACK A DEY AH | D |
| Despairing ALACK A DEY AH | D |
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| And rollicking TRAL THE RAL LAH | B |
| Was eaten by DOODLE DUM DEY | E |
| And musical DOH REH MI FAH | I |
| By good little TOOTLE DUM TEH | E |
| Exemplary TOOTLE TUM TEH | E |
William Schwenck Gilbert
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