Post by TM on Aug 23, 2012 8:52:55 GMT -5
The minute I heard the chorus to this song I loved it. A couple things about it if you don't mind a little dissection.....
The rhyming style changes from the first two verses to the last verse.
Forgive my lack of knowledge about poetry but the first two verses go:
A
B
C
B
White the last verse goes:
A
A
B
B
I don't recall ever noticing this on another song, but when I first heard the 2nd verse something just didn't sound right. Maybe it was simply the word "voices" following "Penzance"? Whatever it was, it caused me to look a little closer.
Here's the lyrics:
From playing fields to killing fields: just one small step of madness.Officer training, uniform, boys together shower together.
Rank and file can be just fine but that's not what we're here for.
So, sign upon the dotted line, be commissioned, Hell for leather.
How we sang that old school song, from Pirates of Penzance.
Foemen bearing steel, we slapped our chests and raised our voices.
No mad poets we, or painters twee but young men with a yearning
To flex our might for all that's right when face with moral choices.
Wrapped in the old school song, we fly our colours high.
Bravo! The old school song! Harsh reality, by and by.
Dad delivered us from the Hun and we reflect his selfless deed
On this desert plain of conflict where special forces, choppers need.
Fly-boy coming to collect you, lift you up and then protect you.
Be this gung or be this ho, may glorious battle resurrect you.
Wrapped in the old school song, we fly our colours high.
Bravo! The old school song! Harsh reality, by and by.
Last thing about this song - which I don't care for is the ending. It's just too abrupt. It seams to come out of nowhere whereas the song certainly could have had a more interesting ending.
The rhyming style changes from the first two verses to the last verse.
Forgive my lack of knowledge about poetry but the first two verses go:
A
B
C
B
White the last verse goes:
A
A
B
B
I don't recall ever noticing this on another song, but when I first heard the 2nd verse something just didn't sound right. Maybe it was simply the word "voices" following "Penzance"? Whatever it was, it caused me to look a little closer.
Here's the lyrics:
From playing fields to killing fields: just one small step of madness.Officer training, uniform, boys together shower together.
Rank and file can be just fine but that's not what we're here for.
So, sign upon the dotted line, be commissioned, Hell for leather.
How we sang that old school song, from Pirates of Penzance.
Foemen bearing steel, we slapped our chests and raised our voices.
No mad poets we, or painters twee but young men with a yearning
To flex our might for all that's right when face with moral choices.
Wrapped in the old school song, we fly our colours high.
Bravo! The old school song! Harsh reality, by and by.
Dad delivered us from the Hun and we reflect his selfless deed
On this desert plain of conflict where special forces, choppers need.
Fly-boy coming to collect you, lift you up and then protect you.
Be this gung or be this ho, may glorious battle resurrect you.
Wrapped in the old school song, we fly our colours high.
Bravo! The old school song! Harsh reality, by and by.
Last thing about this song - which I don't care for is the ending. It's just too abrupt. It seams to come out of nowhere whereas the song certainly could have had a more interesting ending.