A Tribute To Mr Murphy And The Blue Ribbon Army Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDCC EEEE FFFF GGHH IIGG JKLL AAII MMNO PPBB QQRS MMHH TTCC| All hail to Mr Murphy he is a hero brave | A |
| That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave | A |
| For what purpose let me pause and think | B |
| I answer to warn the people not to taste strong drink | B |
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| And I'm sure if they take his advice they never will rue | C |
| The day they joined the Blue Ribbon Army in the year | D |
| And I hope to their colours they will always prove true | C |
| And shout Hurrah for Mr Murphy and the Ribbon of Blue | C |
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| What is strong drink Let me think I answer 'tis a thing | E |
| From whence the majority of evils spring | E |
| And causes many a fireside with boisterous talk to ring | E |
| And leaves behind it a deadly sting | E |
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| Some people do say it is good when taken in moderation | F |
| But when taken to excess it leads to tribulation | F |
| Also to starvation and loss of reputation | F |
| Likewise your eternal soul's damnation | F |
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| The drunkard he says he can't give it up | G |
| For I must confess temptation's in the cup | G |
| But he wishes to God it was banished from the land | H |
| While he holds the cup in his trembling hand | H |
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| And he exclaims in the agony of his soul | I |
| Oh God I cannot myself control | I |
| From this most accurs'd cup | G |
| Oh help me God to give it up | G |
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| Strong drink to the body can do no good | J |
| It defiles the blood likewise the food | K |
| And causes the drunkard with pain to groan | L |
| Because it extracts the marrow from the bone | L |
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| And hastens him on to a premature grave | A |
| Because to the cup he is bound a slave | A |
| For the temptation is hard to thole | I |
| And by it he will lose his immortal soul | I |
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| The more's the pity I must say | M |
| That so many men and women are by it led astray | M |
| And decoyed from the paths of virtue and led on to vice | N |
| By drinking too much alcohol and acting unwise | O |
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| Good people all of every degree | P |
| I pray ye all be warned by me | P |
| I advise ye all to pause and think | B |
| And never more to taste strong drink | B |
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| Because the drunkard shall never inherit the kingdom of God | Q |
| And whosoever God loves he chastens with his rod | Q |
| Therefore be warned and think in time | R |
| And don't drink any more whisky rum or wine | S |
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| But go at once make no delay | M |
| And join the Blue Ribbon Army without dismay | M |
| And rally round Mr Murphy and make a bold stand | H |
| And help to drive the Bane of Society from our land | H |
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| I wish Mr Murphy every success | T |
| Hoping he will make rapid progress | T |
| And to the Blue Ribbon Army may he always prove true | C |
| And adhere to his colours the beautiful blue | C |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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