A Song Of The Yorkshire Dales Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDDD EFBGGB HIHJKLKL M NGNGOPOP M ABABMMMM M| A song I sing o' t' Yorkshire dales | A |
| That winnd frae t' moors to t' sea | B |
| Frae t' breast o' t' fells wheer t' cloud rack sails | A |
| Their becks flow merrily | B |
| Their banks are breet wi' moss an' broom | C |
| An' sweet is t' scent o' t' thyme | D |
| You can hark to t' bees' saft dreamy soom | D |
| I' t' foxglove bells an' t' lime | D |
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| Chorus | E |
| O Swawdill's good for horses an' Wensladill for cheese | F |
| An' Airedill fowk are busy as a bee | B |
| But wheersoe'er I wander | G |
| My owd heart aye grows fonder | G |
| O Whardill wheer I'll lig me down an' dee | B |
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| Reet bonny are our dales i' March | H |
| When t' curlews tak to t' moors | I |
| There's ruddy buds on ivery larch | H |
| Primroses don their floors | J |
| But bonnier yet when t' August sun | K |
| Leets up yon plats o' ling | L |
| An' gert white fishes lowp an' scun | K |
| Wheer t' weirs ower t' watter hing | L |
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| O Swawdills good | M |
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| By ivery beck an abbey sleeps | N |
| An' t' ullet is t' owd prior | G |
| A jackdaw thruf each windey peeps | N |
| An' bigs his nest i' t' choir | G |
| In ivery dale a castle stands | O |
| Sing Clifford Percy Scrope | P |
| They threaped amang theirsels for t' lands | O |
| But fowt for t' King or t' Pope | P |
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| O Swawdill's good | M |
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| O Eastward ho is t' song o' t' gales | A |
| As they sweep ower fell an' lea | B |
| And Eastward ho is t' song o' t' dales | A |
| That winnd frae t' moors to t' sea | B |
| Coom winter frost coom summer druft | M |
| Their watters munnot bide | M |
| An' t' rain that's fall'n when bould winds soughed | M |
| Sal iver seawards glide | M |
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| O Swawdill' s good | M |
Frederic William Moorman
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