The Royal Review Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAAA BBCCDDCC AAEF AABBAA GGCC HHBBAI CCJJAACC| All hail to the Empress of India Great Britain's Queen | A |
| Long may she live in health happy and serene | A |
| That came from London far away | B |
| To review the Scottish Volunteers in grand array | B |
| Most magnificent to be seen | A |
| Near by Salisbury Crags and its pastures green | A |
| Which will long be remembered by our gracious Queen | A |
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| And by the Volunteers that came from far away | B |
| Because it rain'd most of the day | B |
| And with the rain their clothes were wet all through | C |
| On the th day of August at the Royal Review | C |
| And to the Volunteers it was no lark | D |
| Because they were ankle deep in mud in the Queen's Park | D |
| Which proved to the Queen they were loyal and true | C |
| To ensure such hardships at the Royal Review | C |
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| Oh it was a most beautiful scene | A |
| To see the Forfarshire Artillery matching past the Queen | A |
| Her Majesty with their steady marching felt content | E |
| Especially when their arms to her they did present | F |
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| And the Inverness Highland Volunteers seemed verygran' | A |
| And marched by steady to a man | A |
| Amongst the mud without dismay | B |
| And the rain pouring down on them all the way | B |
| And the bands they did play God Save the Queen | A |
| Near by Holyrood Palace and the Queen's Park so green | A |
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| Success to our noble Scottish Volunteers | G |
| I hope they will be spared for many long years | G |
| And to Her Majesty always prove loyal and true | C |
| As they have done for the second time at the Royal Review | C |
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| To take them in general they behaved very well | H |
| The more that the rain fell on them pell mell | H |
| They marched by Her Majesty in very grand array | B |
| Which will be remembered for many a long day | B |
| Bidding defiance to wind and rain | A |
| Which adds the more fame to their name | I |
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| And I hope none of them will have cause to rue | C |
| The day that they went to the Royal Review | C |
| And I'm sure Her Majesty ought to feel proud | J |
| And in her praise she cannot speak too loud | J |
| Because the more that it did rain they did not mourn | A |
| Which caused Her Majesty's heart with joy to burn | A |
| Because she knew they were loyal and true | C |
| For enduring such hardships at the Royal Review | C |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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