On Washing Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFGHGCC IJIJKK LLMMNNOOL CCII LLPPCC| I'm going to gran'ma's for a bit | A |
| My mother's got the copper lit | A |
| An' piles of clothes are on the floor | B |
| An' steam comes out the wash house door | B |
| An' Mrs Griggs has come an' she | C |
| Is just as cross as she can be | C |
| She's had her lunch and ate a lot | D |
| I saw her squeeze the coffee pot | D |
| An' when I helped her make the starch | E |
| She said 'Now Miss you just quick march | E |
| What Touch them soap suds if you durst | F |
| I'll see you in the blue bag first ' | G |
| An' mother dried my frock an' said | H |
| 'Come back in time to go to bed ' | G |
| I'm off to gran'ma's for you see | C |
| At home they can't put up with me | C |
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| But down at gran'ma's 'tis so nice | I |
| If gran'ma's making currant cake | J |
| She'll let me put the ginger spice | I |
| An' grease the tin an' watch it bake | J |
| An' then she says she thinks it fun | K |
| To taste the edges when it's done | K |
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| That's gran'ma's house Why hip hooray | L |
| My gran'ma's got a washing day | L |
| For gran'pa's shirts are on the line | M |
| An' stockings too six seven eight nine | M |
| She'll let me help her Yes she'll tie | N |
| Her apron round to keep me dry | N |
| An' on her little stool I'll stand | O |
| Up to the wash tub 'Twill be grand | O |
| There's no cross Mrs Griggs to say | L |
| 'Young Miss is always in the way ' | - |
| An' me and gran'ma will have tea | C |
| At dinner time just her an' me | C |
| An' eggs I 'spect an' treacle rice | I |
| My goodness Won't it all be nice | I |
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| Gran'ma I'm come to spend the day | L |
| 'Cause mother finds me in the way | L |
| Gran'ma I'll peg the hankies out | P |
| Gran'ma I'll stir the starch about | P |
| Gran'ma I'm come because you see | C |
| At home they can't put up with me | C |
Fay Inchfawn
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