The Northern Cobbler Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDDD ADDAA ADDEEFF GDDHHIIJK LMM GNOII GOOPPII GIIDD GIIDDOOGG KIQDD KBBOO KIIDDB K DD KOOKKD GEEKK GDDGGKKI I KRII G II GIIII GIIDD KIIDD KDDDDI | A |
WA IT till our Sally cooms in fur thou mun a' sights to tell | B |
Eh but I be ma in glad to see tha sa 'arty an' well | B |
'Cast awa y on a disolut land wi' a vartical soon ' | C |
Strange fur to go fur to think what sa ilors a' see n an' a' doon | D |
'Summat to drink sa' 'ot ' I 'a nowt but Adam's wine | D |
What's the 'e t o' this little 'ill side to the 'e t o' the line | D |
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II | A |
'What's i' tha bottle a stanning theer I'll tell tha Gin | D |
But if thou wants thy grog tha mun go fur it down to the inn | D |
Naay fur I be ma in glad but thaw tha was iver sa dry | A |
Thou gits naw gin fro' the bottle theer an' I'll tell tha why | A |
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III | A |
Me an' thy sister was married when wur it back end o' June | D |
Ten year sin' and wa 'greed as well as a fiddle i' tune | D |
I could fettle and clump owd boo ts and shoes wi' the best on 'em all | E |
As fer as fro' Thursby thurn hup to Harmsby and Hutterby Hall | E |
We was busy as bee s i' the bloom an' 'appy as 'art could think | F |
An' then the babby wur burn and then I ta kes to the drink | F |
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IV | G |
An' I weant ga insa y it my lad thaw I be hafe sha med on it now | D |
We could sing a good song at the Plow we could sing a good song at the Plow | D |
Thaw once of a frosty night I slither'd an hurted my huck | H |
An' I coom'd neck an crop soomtimes sla pe down i' the squad an' the muck | H |
An' once I fowt wi' the Ta ilor not hafe ov a man my lad | I |
Fur he scrawm'd an' scratted my fa ce like a cat an' it ma de'er sa mad | I |
That Sally she turn'd a tongue banger an' ra ted ma 'Sottin' thy bra ins | J |
Guzzlin' an' so kin' an' smo kin' an' hawmin' about i' the la nes | K |
So sow droonk that tha doesn not touch thy 'at to the Squire ' | - |
An' I loo k'd cock eyed at my no se an' I see d 'im a gittin' o' fire | L |
But sin' I wur hallus i' liquor an' hallus as droonk as a king | M |
Fo lks' coostom flitted awa y like a kite wi' a brokken string | M |
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V | G |
An' Sally she wesh'd fo lks' clo ths to keep the wolf fro' the door | N |
Eh but the moor she riled me she druv me to drink the moor | O |
Fur I fun' when 'er hack wur turn'd wheer Sally's owd stockin' wur 'id | I |
An' I grabb'd the munny she ma de and I we r'd it o' liquor I did | I |
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VI | G |
An' one night I cooms 'o m like a bull gotten loose at a fa ir | O |
An' she wur a wa itin' fo'mma an' cryin' and te rin' 'er 'a ir | O |
An' I tummled athurt the cra dle an' swe r'd as I'd break ivry stick | P |
O' furnitur 'ere i' the 'ouse an' I gied our Sally a kick | P |
An' I mash'd the ta bles an' chairs an' she an' the babby be l'd | I |
Fur I knaw'd naw moor what I did nor a mortal be st o' the fe ld | I |
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VII | G |
An' when I wa ked i' the murnin' I see d that our Sally went la med | I |
Cos' o' the kick as I gied 'er an' I wur dreadful asha med | I |
An' Sally wur sloomy an' draggle ta il'd in an owd turn gown | D |
An' the babby's fa ce wurn't wesh'd an' the 'ole 'ouse hupside down | D |
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VIII | G |
An' then I minded our Sally sa patty an' ne t an' swee t | I |
Strait as a pole an' cle n as a flower fro' 'ead to fee t | I |
An' then I minded the fust kiss I gied 'er by Thursby thurn | D |
Theer wur a lark a singin' 'is best of a Sunday at murn | D |
Couldn't see 'im we 'e rd 'im a mountin' oop 'igher an' 'igher | O |
An' then 'e turn'd to the sun an' 'e shined like a sparkle o' fire | O |
'Doesn't tha see 'im ' she axes 'fur I can see 'im ' an' I | G |
See d nobbut the smile o' the sun as danced in 'er pratty blue eye | G |
An' I says 'I mun gie tha a kiss ' an' Sally says 'No thou mo nt ' | - |
But I gied 'er a kiss an' then anoother an' Sally says 'do nt ' | - |
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IX | K |
An' when we coom'd into Mee tin' at fust she wur all in a tew | I |
But arter we sing'd the 'ymn togither like birds on a beugh | Q |
An' Muggins 'e pre ch'd o' Hell fire an' the loov o' God fur men | D |
An' then upo' coomin' awa y Sally gied me a kiss ov 'ersen | D |
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X | K |
Heer wur a fall fro' a kiss to a kick like Sa tan as fell | B |
Down out o' heaven i' hell fire thaw theer's naw drinkin' i' Hell | B |
Me fur to kick our Sally as kep the wolf fro' the door | O |
All along o' the drink fur I loov'd 'er as well as afoor | O |
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XI | K |
Sa like a gre t num cumpus I blubber'd awa y o' the bed | I |
'We nt niver do it naw moor ' an' Sally loookt up an' she said | I |
'I'll upowd it tha we nt thou'rt like the rest o' the men | D |
Thou'll go sniffin' about the tap till tha does it ag an | D |
Theer's thy hennemy man an' I knaws as knaws tha sa well | B |
That if tha see s 'im an' smells 'im tha'll foller 'im slick into Hell ' | - |
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XII | K |
'Na y ' says I 'fur I we nt go sniffin' about the tap ' | - |
'We nt tha ' she says an' mysen I thowt i' mysen 'mayhap ' | - |
'No ' an' I started awa y like a shot an' down to the Hinn | D |
An' I browt what tha see s stannin' theer yon big black bottle o' gin | D |
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XIII | K |
'That caps owt ' says Sally an' saw she begins to cry | O |
But I puts it inter 'er 'ands an' I says to 'er 'Sally ' says I | O |
'Stan' 'im theer i' the na me o' the Lord an' the power ov 'is Gra ce | K |
Stan' 'im theer fur I'll loo k my hennemy strait i' the fa ce | K |
Stan' 'im theer i' the winder an' let ma loo k at 'im then | D |
'E see ms naw moor nor watter an' 'e's the Divil's o n sen ' | - |
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XIV | G |
An' I wur down i' tha mouth couldn't do naw work an' all | E |
Nasty an' snaggy an' sha ky an' poonch'd my 'and wi' the hawl | E |
But she wur a power o' coomfut an' sattled 'ersen o' my knee | K |
An' co xd an' coodled me oop till age n I feel'd mysen free | K |
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XV | G |
An' Sally she tell'd it about an' fo lk stood a gawmin' in | D |
As thaw it wur summat bewitch'd istead of a quart o' gin | D |
An' some on 'em said it wur watter an' I wur chousin' the wife | G |
Fur I couldn't 'owd 'ands off gin wur it nobbut to sa ve my life | G |
An' blacksmith 'e strips me the thick ov 'is airm an' 'e shaws it to me | K |
Fee l thou this thou can't graw this upo' watter ' says he | K |
An' Doctor 'e calls o' Sunday an' just as candles was lit | I |
'Thou mo nt do it ' he says 'tha mun break 'im off bit by bit ' | - |
'Thou'rt but a Methody man ' says Parson and la ys down 'is 'at | I |
An' 'e points to the bottle o' gin 'but I respeeks tha fur that ' | - |
An' Squire his o n very sen walks down fro' the 'All to see | K |
An' 'e spanks 'is 'and into mine 'fur I respecks tha ' says 'e | R |
An' coostom age n draw'd in like a wind fro' far an' wide | I |
And browt me the boo ts to be cobbled fro' hafe the coontryside | I |
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XVI | G |
An' theer 'e stans an' theer 'e shall stan to my dying da y | - |
I 'a gotten to loov 'im age n in anoother kind of a wa y | - |
Proud on 'im like my lad an' I kee ps 'im cle n an' bright | I |
Loovs 'im an' roobs 'im an' doosts 'im an' puts 'im back i' the light | I |
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XVII | G |
Wouldn't a pint a' sarved as well as a quart Naw doubt | I |
But I liked a bigger fetter to fight wi' an fowt it out | I |
Fine an' meller 'e mun be by this if I cared to ta ste | I |
But I mo nt my lad and I we nt fur I'd fe l mysen cle n disgra ced | I |
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XVIII | G |
An' once I said to the Missis 'My lass when I cooms to die | I |
Smash the bottle to smithers the Divil's in 'im ' said I | I |
But arter I cha nged my mind an' if Sally be left alo n | D |
I'll hev 'im a buried wi'mma an' ta kt 'im afoor the Thro n | D |
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XIX | K |
Coom thou 'eer yon la dy a steppin along the stree t | I |
Doesn't tha knaw 'er sa pratty an' fe t an' ne t an' swee t | I |
Look at the clo ths on 'er back thebbe ammost spick span new | D |
An' Tommy's fa ce be as fresh as a codlin wesh'd i' the dew | D |
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XX | K |
'Ere he our Sally an' Tommy an' we be a goin to dine | D |
Ba con an' ta tes an' a beslings pud din' an' Adam's wine | D |
But if tha wants ony grog tha mun go fur it down to the Hinn | D |
Fur I we nt shed a drop on 'is blood no not fur Sally's o n kin | D |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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