Sawin' Wood Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDDDEE CCFFGG HHIIJJ DDFFKK CCLLM NNMMO PPDDQ KKRRD S TTD UUVVW| I wondered wot was doin' First I seen | A |
| Ole Missus Flood wave signals to Doreen | A |
| I'm in the paddick slashin' down some ferns | B |
| She's comin' up the road an' if she turns | B |
| An 'andspring I won't be su'prised a bit | C |
| The way she's caperin' an' goin' it | C |
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| She yells out some remark when she gets near | D |
| Which I don't catch I'm too fur off to 'ear | D |
| An' then Doreen comes prancin' to our door | D |
| An' Missus Flood she sprints an' yells some more | D |
| My wife runs to the gate an' waves 'er arms | E |
| But I lays low I'm used to these alarms | E |
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| A married bloke in time 'e learns a bit | C |
| An' 'e ain't over keen to throw a fit | C |
| Each time the women calls the fire reel out | F |
| It's jist a trifle 'e'll know all about | F |
| When things get normal That's a point I learn | G |
| So I saws wood an' keeps on cutting fern | G |
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| At least I cut a few I got to give | H |
| Reel fac's an' own I was inquisitive | H |
| An' these 'ere fireworks gets me fair perplexed | I |
| I watch the 'ouse to see wot 'appens next | I |
| But nothin's doin' They jist goes in | J |
| An' leaves me wonderin' wot's caused the din | J |
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| I stands it for a full 'arf hour or more | D |
| Then gets dead sick uv starin' at the door | D |
| I goes down to the 'ouse an' 'unts about | F |
| To find some 'baccer which I 'ave no doubt | F |
| Is in me trousers pocket all the while | K |
| When I goes in the talk stops an' they smile | K |
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| I sez I've lost me smoke an' search a bit | C |
| An' ask Doreen wot 'as become uv it | C |
| An' turns the mantelshelf all upside down | L |
| An' looks inside the teapot with a frown | L |
| Then gives it up an' owns I'd like a drink | M |
| When Missus Flood sez 'Bill wot do you think ' | - |
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| Now ain't that like a woman Spare me days | N |
| I'll never get resigned to all their ways | N |
| When they 'as news to tell they smile an' wink | M |
| An' bottle it an' ask yeh wot yeh think | M |
| It's jist a silly game uv theirs an' so | O |
| I gives the countersign 'Wot I dunno ' | - |
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| 'Then guess ' she sez Well I'm a patient bloke | P |
| So I sits down an' starts to cut a smoke | P |
| To play this game yeh've got to persevere | D |
| 'Couldn't ' I sez 'if I guessed for a year' | D |
| Then lights me pipe an' waits for 'er to speak | Q |
| At last she says 'Jim's comin' back next week ' | - |
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| 'Go on ' sez I an' puffs away awhile | K |
| Quite unconcerned But for to see 'er smile | K |
| Was jist a treat 'er eyes was shinin' bright | R |
| An' she grow'd ten years younger in a night | R |
| Jist 'ere Doreen she sez to me 'Good Lor | D |
| Wot do yeh want two plugs uv 'baccer for ' | - |
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| I takes me pipe out uv me mouth an' stares | S |
| An' stammers 'Must 'ave found a piece somewheres ' | - |
| But by the way she smiles so extra sweet | T |
| I know she twigs me game an' I am beat | T |
| 'Fancy ' she sez 'Yeh're absent minded dear | D |
| Sure there was nothin' else yeh wanted 'ere ' | - |
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| 'Nothin' ' I sez an' feels a first prize fool | U |
| An' goes outside an' grabs the nearest tool | U |
| It was the crosscut so I works like mad | V |
| To keep me self respeck from goin' bad | V |
| 'This game ' I tells meself 'will do yeh good | W |
| You ain't proficient yet at sawin' wood ' | - |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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