The Battle Of Tel-el-kebir Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CCDD EEBB FFGH BBIJ KLMM MMNN GHAA HHOO HHPQ RRSS HHPP HHEE HHTT HHBBYe sons of Great Britain come join with me | A |
And sing in praise of Sir Garnet Wolseley | B |
Sound drums and trumpets cheerfully | B |
For he has acted most heroically | B |
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Therefore loudly his praises sing | C |
Until the hills their echoes back doth ring | C |
For he is a noble hero bold | D |
And an honour to his Queen and country be it told | D |
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He has gained for himself fame and renown | E |
Which to posterity will be handed down | E |
Because he has defeated Arabi by land and by sea | B |
And from the battle of Tel el Kebir he made him to flee | B |
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With an army about fourteen thousand strong | F |
Through Egypt he did fearlessly march along | F |
With the gallant and brave Highland brigade | G |
To whom honour is due be it said | H |
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Arabi's army was about seventy thousand in all | B |
And virtually speaking it wasn't very small | B |
But if they had been as numerous again | I |
The Irish and Highland brigades would have beaten them it is plain | J |
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'Twas on the th day of September in the year of | K |
Which Arabi and his rebel horde long will rue | L |
Because Sir Garnet Wolseley and his brave little band | M |
Fought and conquered them on Kebir land | M |
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He marched upon the enemy with his gallant band | M |
O'er the wild and lonely desert sand | M |
And attacked them before daylight | N |
And in twenty minutes he put them to flight | N |
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The first shock of the attack was borne by the Second Brigade | G |
Who behaved most manfully it is said | H |
Under the command of brave General Grahame | A |
And have gained a lasting honour to their name | A |
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But Major Hart and the th Royal Irish conjoint | H |
Carried the trenches at the bayonet point | H |
Then the Marines chased them about four miles away | O |
At the charge of the bayonet without dismay | O |
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General Sir Archibald Alison led on the Highland Brigade | H |
Who never were the least afraid | H |
And such has been the case in this Egyptian war | P |
For at the charge of the bayonet they ran from them afar | Q |
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With their bagpipes playing and one ringing cheer | R |
And the nd soon did the trenches clear | R |
Then hand to hand they did engage | S |
And fought like tigers in a cage | S |
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Oh it must have been a glorious sight | H |
To see Sir Garnet Wolseley in the thickest of the fight | H |
In the midst of shot and shell and the cannons roar | P |
Whilst the dead and the dying lay weltering in their gore | P |
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Then the Egyptians were forced to yield | H |
And the British were left masters of the field | H |
Then Arabi he did fret and frown | E |
To see his army thus cut down | E |
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Then Arabi the rebel took to flight | H |
And spurred his Arab steed with all his might | H |
With his heart full of despair and woe | T |
And never halted till he reached Cairo | T |
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Now since the Egyptian war is at an end | H |
Let us thank God Who did send | H |
Sir Garnet Wolseley to crush and kill | B |
Arabi and his rebel army at Kebir hill | B |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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