The Peeler And The Goat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEB FBGBHBHB GBIBJBKB LBMBIBIB IBMBMBMB MBMBGBGB NBIBGBIB OBOBIBIB| A Bansha Peeler wint won night | A |
| On duty and pathrollin' O | B |
| An' met a goat upon the road | C |
| And tuck her for a sthroller O | B |
| Wud bay'net fixed he sallied forth | D |
| An' caught her by the wizzen O | B |
| An' then he swore a mighty oath | E |
| I'll send you off to prison O | B |
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| Oh mercy sir the goat replied | F |
| Pray let me tell my story O | B |
| I am no Rogue no Ribbonman | G |
| No Croppy Whig or Tory O | B |
| I'm guilty not of any crime | H |
| Of petty or high thraison O | B |
| I'm sadly wanted at this time | H |
| For this is the milkin' saison O | B |
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| It is in vain for to complain | G |
| Or give your tongue such bridle O | B |
| You're absent from your dwellin' place | I |
| Disorderly and idle O | B |
| Your hoary locks will not prevail | J |
| Nor your sublime oration O | B |
| You'll be thransported by Peel's Act | K |
| Upon my information O | B |
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| No penal law did I transgress | L |
| By deeds or combination O | B |
| I have no certain place to rest | M |
| No home or habitation O | B |
| But Bansha is my dwelling place | I |
| Where I was bred and born O | B |
| Descended from an honest race | I |
| That's all the trade I've learned O | B |
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| I will chastise your insolince | I |
| And violent behaviour O | B |
| Well bound to Cashel you'll be sint | M |
| Where you will gain no favour O | B |
| The magistrates will all consint | M |
| To sign your condemnation O | B |
| From there to Cork you will be sint | M |
| For speedy thransportation O | B |
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| This parish an' this neighbourhood | M |
| Are paiceable and thranquil O | B |
| There's no disturbance here thank God | M |
| An' long may it continue so | B |
| I don't regard your oath a pin | G |
| Or sign for my committal O | B |
| My jury will be gintlemin | G |
| And grant me my acquittal O | B |
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| The consequince be what it will | N |
| A peeler's power I'll let you know | B |
| I'll handcuff you at all events | I |
| And march you off to Bridewell O | B |
| An' sure you rogue you can't deny | G |
| Before the judge or jury O | B |
| Intimidation with your horns | I |
| An' threatening me with fury O | B |
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| I make no doubt but you are dhrunk | O |
| Wud whiskey rum or brandy O | B |
| Or you wouldn't have such gallant spunk | O |
| To be so bould or manly O | B |
| You readily would let me pass | I |
| If I had money handy O | B |
| To thrate you to a potheen glass | I |
| Oh it's then I'd be the dandy O | B |
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