The Stror 'at Coot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBB DEDEFF GHGHII JKLKLL BIBIII KMKMII LKLKCC HNHNLL LILIHH DODOBB ICICPP HHHHAC IIIILL IHIHQQ K HIHH KLHLRR HIHISS DIDIHH TKTKLL BIBILL TLTLHH LILIBB ININIIAr wimmin Wot a blinded fool I've been | A |
I arsts meself wot else could I ixpeck | B |
I done me block complete on this Doreen | C |
An' now me 'eart is broke me life's a wreck | B |
The dreams I dreamed the dilly thorts I thunk | B |
Is up the pole an' joy 'as done a bunk | B |
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Wimmin O strike I orter known the game | D |
Their tricks is crook their arts is all dead snide | E |
The 'ole world over tarts is all the same | D |
All soft an' smilin' wiv no 'eart inside | E |
But she fair doped me wiv 'er winnin' ways | F |
Then crooled me pitch fer all me mortal days | F |
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They're all the same A man 'as got to be | G |
Stric' master if 'e wants to snare 'em sure | H |
'E 'as to take a stand an' let 'em see | G |
That triflin' is a thing'e won't indure | H |
'E wants to show 'em that 'e 'olds command | I |
So they will smooge an' feed out of 'is 'and | I |
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'E needs to make 'em feel 'e is the boss | J |
An' kid 'e's careless uv the joys they give | K |
'E 'as to make 'em think 'e'll feel no loss | L |
To part wiv any tart 'e's trackin' wiv | K |
That all their pretty ways is crook pretence | L |
Is plain to any bloke wiv common sense | L |
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But when the birds is nestin' in the spring | B |
An' when the soft green leaves is in the bud | I |
'E drops 'is bundle to some fluffy thing | B |
'E pays 'er 'omage an' 'is name is Mud | I |
She plays wiv'im an' kids 'im on a treat | I |
Until she 'as 'im crawlin' at 'er feet | I |
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An' then when 'e's fair orf 'is top wiv love | K |
When she 'as got 'im good an' 'ad 'er fun | M |
She slings 'im over like a carst orf glove | K |
To let the other tarts see wot she's done | M |
All vanity deceit an' 'eartless kid | I |
I orter known an' spare me days I did | I |
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I knoo But when I looked into 'er eyes | L |
Them shinin' eyes o' blue all soft wiv love | K |
Wiv MIMIC love they seemed to 'ipnertize | L |
I wus content to place 'er 'igh above | K |
I wus content to make of 'er a queen | C |
An' so she seemed them days O 'struth Doreen | C |
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I knoo But when I stroked 'er glossy 'air | H |
Wiv rev'rint 'ands 'er cheek pressed close to mine | N |
Me lonely life seemed robbed of all its care | H |
I dreams me dreams an' 'ope begun to shine | N |
An' when she 'eld 'er lips fer me to kiss | L |
Ar wot's the use I'm done wiv all o' this | L |
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Wimmin Oh I ain't jealous Spare me days | L |
Me Jealous uv a knock kneed coot like that | I |
'Im Wiv 'is cute stror 'at an' pretty ways | L |
I'd be a mug to squeal or whip the cat | I |
I'm glad I am glad 'cos I know I'm free | H |
There ain't no call to tork o' jealousy | H |
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I tells meself I'm well out o' the game | D |
Fer look I mighter married 'er an' then | O |
Ar strike 'Er voice wus music when my name | D |
Wus on 'er lips on them glad ev'nin's when | O |
We useter meet An' then to think she'd go | B |
No I ain't jealous but Ar I dunno | B |
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I took a derry on this stror 'at coot | I |
First time I seen 'im dodgin' round Doreen | C |
'Im wiv 'is giddy tie an' Yankee soot | I |
Ferever yappin' like a tork machine | C |
About 'The Hoffis' where 'e 'ad a grip | P |
The way 'e smiled at 'er give me the pip | P |
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She sez I stoushed 'im when I promised fair | H |
To chuck it even to a friendly spar | H |
Stoushed 'im I never roughed 'is pretty 'air | H |
I only spanked 'im gentle fer 'is mar | H |
If I'd 'a' jabbed 'im once there would 'a' been | A |
An inquest an' I sez so to Doreen | C |
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I mighter took an' cracked 'im in the street | I |
When she was wiv 'im there lars' Fridee night | I |
But don't I keep me temper when we met | I |
An' don't I raise me lid an' act perlite | I |
I only jerks me elbow in 'is ribs | L |
To give the gentle office to 'is nibs | L |
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Stoushed 'im I owns I met 'im on the quiet | I |
An' worded 'im about a small affair | H |
An' when 'e won't put up 'is 'ands to fight | I |
'E sez 'Fer public brawls 'e didn't care' | H |
I lays 'im 'cross me knee the mother's joy | Q |
An' smacks 'im 'earty like a naughty boy | Q |
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An' now Doreen she sez I've broke me vow | K |
An' mags about this coot's pore 'wounded pride ' | - |
An' then o' course we 'as a ding dong row | H |
Wiv 'ot an' stormy words on either side | I |
She sez I done it outer jealousy | H |
An' so we parts fer ever 'er an' me | H |
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Me jealous Jealous of that cross eyed cow | K |
I set 'im 'cos I couldn't sight 'is face | L |
'Is yappin' fair got on me nerves some'ow | H |
I couldn't stand 'im 'angin' round 'er place | L |
A coot like that But it don't matter much | R |
She's welkim to 'im if she fancies such | R |
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I swear I'll never track wiv 'er no more | H |
I'll never look on 'er side o' the street | I |
Unless she comes an' begs me pardin for | H |
Them things she said to me in angry 'eat | I |
She can't ixpeck fer me to smooge an' crawl | S |
I ain't at ANY woman's beck an' call | S |
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Wimmin I've took a tumble to their game | D |
I've got the 'ole bang tribe o' cliners set | I |
The 'ole world over they are all the same | D |
Crook to the core the bunch of 'em an' yet | I |
We could 'a' been that 'appy 'er an' me | H |
But wot's it matter Ain't I glad I'm free | H |
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A bloke wiv commin sense 'as got to own | T |
There's little 'appiness in married life | K |
The smoogin' game is better left alone | T |
Fer tarts is few that makes the ideel wife | K |
An' them's the sort that loves wivout disguise | L |
An' thinks the sun shines in their 'usban's' eyes | L |
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But when the birds is matin' in the spring | B |
An' when the tender leaves begin to bud | I |
A feelin' comes a dilly sorter thing | B |
That seems to sorter swamp 'im like a flood | I |
An' when the fever 'ere inside 'im burns | L |
Then freedom ain't the thing fer wot 'e yearns | L |
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But I 'ave chucked it all An' yet I own | T |
I dreams me dreams when soft Spring breezes stirs | L |
An' often when I'm moonin' 'ere alone | T |
A lispin' maid wiv 'air an' eyes like 'ers | L |
'Oo calls me 'dad ' she climbs upon me knee | H |
An' yaps 'er pretty baby tork to me | H |
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I sorter see a little 'ouse it seems | L |
Wiv someone waitin' for me at the gate | I |
Ar where's the sense in dreamin' barmy dreams | L |
I've dreamed before and nearly woke too late | I |
Sich 'appiness could never last fer long | B |
We're strangers 'less she owns that she was wrong | B |
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To call 'er back I'll never lift a 'and | I |
She'll never 'ear frum me by word or sign | N |
Per'aps some day she'll come to understand | I |
The mess she's made o' this 'ere life o' mine | N |
Oh I ain't much to look at I admit | I |
But'im The knock kneed swivel eyed misfit | I |
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