The Cut Finger Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C BDBE FFF A B C BCBCBBC A B C BCBCBBC| THE GOSSOON Weeping | A |
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| It's bleedin' It's bleedin' | B |
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| THE OULD WOMAN Soothingly | C |
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| An' shure me lad 't is bleedin' | B |
| But come me hearty laddy buck be brave an' do not cry | D |
| A lad that's learnin' readin' sh'u'd be far beyant the heedin' | B |
| Av a tiny bit o' finger cut that hurrts a bit foreby | E |
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| 'Ere ye come till wan an' twinty | F |
| Ye'll be havin' hurrts in plinty | F |
| An' ye'll learn a bit o' bleedin' doesn't mean ye're goin' t' die | F |
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| THE GOSSOON Crying | A |
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| It's bleedin' It's bleedin' | B |
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| THE OULD WOMAN Comfortingly | C |
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| An' shure me lad 't is bleedin' | B |
| But he's me slashin' buckeen an' he will not weep at all | C |
| A rag is all 't is needin' fer t' sthop the whole proceedin' | B |
| An' shure a bit o' rosy blood won't make me gossoon bawl | C |
| Fer 't is but wan way av knowin' | B |
| Ye have good red blood a flowin' | B |
| An' a workin' all inside av ye t' make ye strong an' tall | C |
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| THE GOSSOON Sobbing | A |
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| It's bleedin' It's bleedin' | B |
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| THE OULD WOMAN Lovingly | C |
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| Aye aye me lad 't is bleedin' | B |
| An' some foine day yer hearrt will bleed as bleeds the hearrt av me | C |
| The saints ye will be pleadin' but 't is little they'll be heedin' | B |
| Fer the worrld is full av bleedin' hearrts on either side the sea | C |
| An' I'd die t' aise the achin' | B |
| Whin ye feel yer hearrt a brealdn' | B |
| But ah the poor ould woman won't be there t' comfort ye | C |
Ellis Parker Butler
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