The Battle Of Omdurman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHEE ABAB EECI ABJJ KLMM NNBB BBBB JJBB OOBB CCBB AAJJ| Ye Sons of Great Britain come join with me | A |
| And King in praise of the gallant British Armie | A |
| That behaved right manfully in the Soudan | B |
| At the great battle of Omdurman | B |
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| 'Twas in the year of and on the nd of September | C |
| Which the Khalifa and his surviving followers will long remember | C |
| Because Sir Herbert Kitchener has annihilated them outright | D |
| By the British troops and Soudanese in the Omdurman fight | D |
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| The Sirdar and his Army left the camp in grand array | E |
| And marched on to Omdurman without delay | E |
| Just as the brigades had reached the crest adjoining the Nile | F |
| And became engaged with the enemy in military style | F |
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| The Dervishes had re formed under cover of a rocky eminence | G |
| Which to them no doubt was a strong defence | H |
| And they were massed together in battle array | E |
| Around the black standard of the Khalifa which made a grand display | E |
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| But General Maxwell's Soudanese brigade seized the eminence in a short time | A |
| And General Macdonald's brigade then joined the firing line | B |
| And in ten minutes long before the attack could be driven home | A |
| The flower of the Khalifa's army was almost overthrown | B |
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| Still manfully the dusky warriors strove to make headway | E |
| But the Soudanese troops and British swept them back without dismay | E |
| And their main body were mown down by their deadly fire | C |
| But still the heroic Dervishes refused to retire | I |
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| And defiantly they planted their standards and died by them | A |
| To their honour be it said just like brave men | B |
| But at last they retired with their hearts full of woe | J |
| Leaving the field white with corpses like a meadow dotted with snow | J |
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| The chief heroes in the fight were the st Lancers | K |
| They made a brilliant charge on the enemy with ringing cheers | L |
| And through the dusky warriors bodies their lances they did thrust | M |
| Whereby many of them were made to lick the dust | M |
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| Then at a quarter past eleven the Sirdar sounded the advance | N |
| And the remnant of the Dervishes fled which was their only chance | N |
| While the cavalry cut off their retreat while they ran | B |
| Then the Sirdar with the black standard of the Khalifa headed for Omdurman | B |
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| And when the Khalifa saw his noble army cut down | B |
| With rage and grief he did fret and frown | B |
| Then he spurred his noble steed and swiftly it ran | B |
| While inwardly to himself he cried Catch me if you can | B |
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| And Mahdism now has received a crushing blow | J |
| For the Khalifa and his followers have met with a complete overthrow | J |
| And General Gordon has been avenged the good Christian | B |
| By the defeat of the Khalifa at the battle of Omdurman | B |
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| Now since the Khalifa has been defeated and his rule at an end | O |
| Let us thank God that fortunately did send | O |
| The brave Sir Herbert Kitchener to conquer that bad man | B |
| The inhuman Khalifa and his followers at the battle of Omdurman | B |
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| Success to Sir Herbert Kitchener he is a great commander | C |
| And as skilful in military tactics as the great Alexander | C |
| Because he devised a very wise plan | B |
| And by it has captured the town of Omdurman | B |
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| I wish success to the British and Soudanese Army | A |
| May God protect them by land and by sea | A |
| May he enable them always to conquer the foe | J |
| And to establish what's right wherever they go | J |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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