The Mooch O' Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCDE FGF HHII HJH KKLL KMKM NNK KKKK KKO PPKK QRQR SSTT KBKB KKUU KKKK AAKK NVNV KKDE| This ev'nin' I was sittin' wiv Doreen | A |
| Peaceful an' 'appy wiv the day's work done | B |
| Watchin' be'ind the orchard's bonzer green | A |
| The flamin' wonder of the settin' sun | B |
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| Another day gone by another night | C |
| Creepin' along to douse Day's golden light | C |
| Another dawning when the night is gone | D |
| To live an' love an' so life mooches on | E |
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| Times I 'ave thought when things was goin' crook | F |
| When 'Ope turned nark an' Love forgot to smile | G |
| Of somethin' I once seen in some old book | F |
| Where an ole sorehead arsts 'Is life worf w'ile ' | - |
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| But in that stillness as the day grows dim | H |
| An' I am sittin' there wiv 'er an' 'im | H |
| My wife my son an' strength in me to strive | I |
| I only know it's good to be alive | I |
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| Yeh live yeh love yeh learn an' when yeh come | H |
| To square the ledger in some thortful hour | J |
| The everlastin' answer to the sum | H |
| Must allus be 'Where's sense in gittin' sour ' | - |
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| Fer when yeh've come to weigh the good an' bad | K |
| The gladness wiv the sadness you 'ave 'ad | K |
| Then 'im 'oo's faith in 'uman goodness fails | L |
| Fergits to put 'is liver in the scales | L |
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| Livin' an' loving learnin' day be day | K |
| Pausin' a minute in the barmy strife | M |
| To find that 'elpin' others on the way | K |
| Is gold coined fer your profit sich is life | M |
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| I've studied books wiv yearnings to improve | N |
| To 'eave meself out of me lowly groove | N |
| An' 'ere is orl the change I ever got | K |
| ''Ark at yer 'eart an' you kin learn the lot ' | - |
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| I gives it in that wisdom o' the mind | K |
| I wasn't built to play no lofty part | K |
| Orl such is welkim to the joys they find | K |
| I only know the wisdom o' the 'eart | K |
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| An' ever it 'as taught me day be day | K |
| The one same lesson in the same ole way | K |
| 'Look fer yer profits in the 'earts o' friends | O |
| Fer 'atin' never paid no dividends ' | - |
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| Life's wot yeh make it an' the bloke 'oo tries | P |
| To grab the shinin' stars frum out the skies | P |
| Goes crook on life an' calls the world a cheat | K |
| An' tramples on the daisies at 'is feet | K |
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| But when the moon comes creepin' o'er the hill | Q |
| An' when the mopoke calls along the creek | R |
| I takes me cup o' joy an' drinks me fill | Q |
| An' arsts meself wot better could I seek | R |
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| An' ev'ry song I 'ear the thrushes sing | S |
| That everlastin' message seems to bring | S |
| An' ev'ry wind that whispers in the trees | T |
| Gives me the tip there ain't no joys like these | T |
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| Livin' an' loving wand'rin' on yeh way | K |
| Reapin' the 'arvest of a kind deed done | B |
| An' watching in the sundown of yer day | K |
| Yerself again grown nobler in yer son | B |
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| Knowin' that ev'ry coin o' kindness spent | K |
| Bears interest in yer 'eart at cent per cent | K |
| Measurin' wisdom by the peace it brings | U |
| To simple minds that values simple things | U |
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| An' when I take a look along the way | K |
| That I 'ave trod it seems the man knows best | K |
| Who's met wiv slabs of sorrer in 'is day | K |
| When 'e is truly rich an' truly blest | K |
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| An' I am rich becos me eyes 'ave seen | A |
| The lovelight in the eyes of my Doreen | A |
| An' I am blest becos me feet 'ave trod | K |
| A land 'oo's fields reflect the smile o' God | K |
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| Livin' an' lovin' learnin' to fergive | N |
| The deeds an' words of some un'appy bloke | V |
| Who's missed the bus so 'ave I come to live | N |
| An' take the 'ole mad world as 'arf a joke | V |
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| Sittin' at ev'nin' in this sunset land | K |
| Wiv 'Er in all the World to 'old me 'and | K |
| A son to bear me name when I am gone | D |
| Livin' an' lovin' so life mooches on | E |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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