The Rattling Boy From Dublin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB B CDCD CCCC B CCDC B BBBB B BBAA B EAEA B FFAA B GHAA B DDAA B AAEE| I'm a rattling boy from Dublin town | A |
| I courted a girl called Biddy Brown | A |
| Her eyes they were as black as sloes | B |
| She had black hair and an aquiline nose | B |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Whack fal de da fal de darelido | C |
| Whack fal de da fal de darelay | D |
| Whack fal de da fal de darelido | C |
| Whack fal de da fal de darelay | D |
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| One night I met her with another lad | C |
| Says I Biddy I've caught you by dad | C |
| I never thought you were half so bad | C |
| As to be going about with another lad | C |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Says I Biddy this will never do | C |
| For to night you've prov'd to me untrue | C |
| So do not make a hullaballoo | D |
| For I will bid farewell to you | C |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Says Barney Magee She is my lass | B |
| And the man that says no he is an ass | B |
| So come away and I'll give you a glass | B |
| Och sure you can get another lass | B |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Says I To the devil with your glass | B |
| You have taken from me my darling lass | B |
| And if you look angry or offer to frown | A |
| With my darling shillelah I'll knock you down | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| Says Barney Magee unto me | E |
| By the hokey I love Biddy Brown | A |
| And before I'll give her up to thee | E |
| One or both of us will go down | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| So with my darling shillelah I gave him a whack | F |
| Which left him lying on his back | F |
| Saying botheration to you and Biddy Brown | A |
| For I'm the rattling boy from Dublin town | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| So a policeman chanced to come up at the time | G |
| And he asked of me the cause of the shine | H |
| Says I he threatened to knock me down | A |
| When I challenged him for walking with my Biddy Brown | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| So the policeman took Barney Magee to jail | D |
| Which made him shout and bewail | D |
| That ever he met with Biddy Brown | A |
| The greatest deceiver in Dublin town | A |
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| Chorus | B |
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| So I bade farewell to Biddy Brown | A |
| The greatest jilter in Dublin town | A |
| Because she proved untrue to me | E |
| And was going about with Barney Magee | E |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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