'stone The Crows' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHI JKJKD LMLMNN OPOPQQ RCRCIC C CQSS TUTUSS RSR C SRSRR SVSVNN RRRRRR| 'Why stone the crows ' 'e sez 'I like 'er style | A |
| But alwiz some'ow women 'ave appeared | B |
| Set fer to 'old me orf a 'arf a mile | A |
| I dunno wot's agin me p'raps me beard | B |
| But some'ow when I speak 'em soft they run | C |
| I ain't no ladies' man ' sez Danny Dunn | C |
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| 'I like 'er style ' 'e sez 'Wot's 'er name Rose | D |
| The neatest filly that I ever see | E |
| She'd run in double splendid But I s'pose | D |
| She'd never 'arness with the likes uv me | E |
| Wot age you tell me Risin' twenty nine | F |
| Well stone the flamin' crows She'd do me fine | F |
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| 'I wonder can she milk Don't look that kind | G |
| But even if she don't I would n't care | H |
| Not much Stone all the crows I'd 'arf a mind | G |
| To 'ave a shave an' 'ang me 'at up there | H |
| But I ain't got the knack uv it yeh know | I |
| Or I'd been spliced this twenty year ago ' | - |
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| Ole Danny Dunn 'as been to pay 'is call | J |
| An' tell us 'e'll be settlin' down 'ere soon | K |
| 'E lobbed in on us sudden ziff an' all | J |
| An' ain't done nothin' all the afternoon | K |
| But lap up tea an' stare pop eyed at Rose | D |
| 'E ain't said nothin' much but 'Stone the crows ' | - |
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| Now as I sees 'im orf down by the gate | L |
| 'E's chirpin' love songs like a nestin' thrush | M |
| Rose 'as 'im by the w'iskers sure as fate | L |
| Fer Spring 'as sent 'im soft all uv a rush | M |
| 'E's got the beans an' so she's fixed fer life | N |
| If Danny's game to arst 'er fer 'is wife | N |
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| An' so me scheme works out all on its own | O |
| I grabbed the notion that day in the train | P |
| When Danny tole me that 'e lived alone | O |
| I reckoned then I'd 'ave to use me brain | P |
| But 'ere 'e is stonin' the crows a treat | Q |
| An' keen to sling is pile at Rose's feet | Q |
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| I'll show 'em Them 'oo thinks I got no brains | R |
| Will crash when Rose is Mrs Danny Dunn | C |
| Doreen don't need to go to too much pains | R |
| To show me that she thinks I've nex' to none | C |
| When I take on a job I don't let go | I |
| Until I've fixed it all sirgarneo | C |
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| 'Listen ' sez Danny 'Do yeh think a man | C |
| 'As any chance I know I don't dress neat ' | - |
| 'Sling it ' I sez 'Don't be a also ran | C |
| Go in bald 'eaded Rush 'er orf 'er feet | Q |
| They don't know wot they want women ain't got | S |
| No minds till some strong man shows wot is wot | S |
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| 'I'll 'elp ' I tells 'im 'if you play the game | T |
| Don't give 'er time to think Take 'er be storm | U |
| Many's the lover's bowed 'is 'ead in shame | T |
| Becoz 'e was afraid to woo too warm | U |
| Be masterful Show 'er 'oo's boss 'Ave grit | S |
| That's wot I done an' come 'ome on the bit | S |
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| 'Look at me now I got a wife wot 'eeds | R |
| My lightest wish Uv course I ain't unkind | S |
| But I'm boss uv the show becoz she needs | R |
| A man to lean upon an' guide 'er mind ' | - |
| 'By gum ' sez Danny 'but that must be fine | C |
| That's 'ow I'd like to 'ave a wife uv mine ' | - |
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| I tells 'im there's a dance on Fridee night | S |
| 'E must be there tricked out in nobby clo'es | R |
| An' all spruced up I'll see it fixed up right | S |
| So 'e can make the goin' good with Rose | R |
| 'I don't dance much ' 'e sez 'But p'raps me luck's | R |
| Changed round an' stone the crows I'll chance the ducks ' | - |
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| So far ribuck I'm no back number yet | S |
| Although they treats me as brainless yob | V |
| I may be slow to start but don't ferget | S |
| I still got some idears back uv me nob | V |
| An' once I've got Rose wed an' fixed fer life | N |
| I might su'prise respeck out uv me wife | N |
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| I might but Listen Can you tell me this | R |
| Why am I takin' all these speshul pains | R |
| An' worried lest me plans will go amiss | R |
| Why am I so dead set to use me brains | R |
| Dunno no more than you fer spare me days | R |
| A man's a puzzle to 'imself some ways | R |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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