A Dalesman's Litany Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEDFGHG IEFEEGHG HFGFEGFG FHJHFGGG KLELMGNG ENONEGGGG| From Hull Halifax and Hell good Lord deliver us | A |
| A Yorkshire Proverb | B |
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| It's hard when fowks can't finnd their wark | C |
| Wheer they've bin bred an' born | D |
| When I were young I awlus thowt | E |
| I'd bide 'mong t' roots an' corn | D |
| But I've bin forced to work i' towns | F |
| So here's my litany | G |
| Frae Hull an' Halifax an' Hell | H |
| Gooid Lord deliver me | G |
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| When I were courtin' Mary Ann | I |
| T' owd squire he says one day | E |
| I've got no bield for wedded fowks | F |
| Choose wilt ta wed or stay | E |
| I couldn't gie up t' lass I loved | E |
| To t' town we had to flee | G |
| Frae Hull an' Halifax an' Hell | H |
| Gooid Lord deliver me | G |
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| I've wrowt i' Leeds an' Huthersfel' | H |
| An' addled honest brass | F |
| I' Bradforth Keighley Rotherham | G |
| I've kept my barns an' lass | F |
| I've travelled all three Ridin's round | E |
| And once I went to sea | G |
| Frae forges mills an' coalin' boats | F |
| Gooid Lord deliver me | G |
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| I've walked at neet through Sheffield loans | F |
| 'T were same as bein' i' Hell | H |
| Furnaces thrast out tongues o' fire | J |
| An' roared like t' wind on t' fell | H |
| I've sammed up coals i' Barnsley pits | F |
| Wi' muck up to my knee | G |
| Frae Sheffield Barnsley Rotherham | G |
| Gooid Lord deliver me | G |
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| I've seen grey fog creep ower Leeds Brig | K |
| As thick as bastile soup | L |
| I've lived wheer fowks were stowed away | E |
| Like rabbits in a coop | L |
| I've watched snow float down Bradforth Beck | M |
| As black as ebiny | G |
| Frae Hunslet Holbeck Wibsey Slack | N |
| Gooid Lord deliver me | G |
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| But now when all wer childer's fligged | E |
| To t' coontry we've coom back | N |
| There's fotty mile o' heathery moor | O |
| Twix' us an' t' coal pit slack | N |
| And when I sit ower t' fire at neet | E |
| I laugh an' shout wi' glee | G |
| Frae Bradforth Leeds an Huthersfel' | G |
| Frae Hull an' Halifax an' Hell | G |
| T' gooid Lord's delivered me | G |
Frederic William Moorman
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