Lord George Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABCBDEFE AADAGAHA IJKJILDL AMIMEDND MOAODMFM| These verses were written soon after the Old Age Pensions Bill came into operation | A |
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| I'd walk frae here to Skipton | A |
| Ten mile o' clarty lanes | B |
| If I might see him face to face | C |
| An' thank him for his pains | B |
| He's ta'en me out o' t' Bastile | D |
| He's gi'en me life that's free | E |
| Five shill'n a week for fuglin' Death | F |
| Is what Lord George gives me | E |
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| He gives me leet an' firin' | A |
| An' flour to bak i' t' yoon | A |
| I've tea to mesh for ivery meal | D |
| An' sup all t' afternoon | A |
| I've nowt to do but thank him | G |
| An' mak' a cross wi' t' pen | A |
| Five shillin' a week for nobbut that | H |
| Gow he's the jewel o' men | A |
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| I niver mell on pol'tics | I |
| But I do love a lord | J |
| He spends his savin's like a king | K |
| Wheer other fowks 'll hoard | J |
| I know a vast o' widdies | I |
| That's seen their seventieth year | L |
| Lord George he addles brass for all | D |
| Though lots on 't goes for beer | L |
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| If my owd man were livin' | A |
| He'd say as I spak true | M |
| He couldn't thole them yallow Rads | I |
| But awlus voted blue | M |
| An' parson's wife shoo telled me | E |
| That we'll sooin go to t' poll | D |
| I hope shoo's reight I'll vote for George | N |
| Wi' all my heart an' soul | D |
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| I don't know wheer he springs frae | M |
| Happen it's down Leeds way | O |
| But ivery neet an' mornin' | A |
| For his lang life I pray | O |
| He's ta'en me out o' t' Bastile | D |
| He's gi'en me life that's free | M |
| Five shill'n a week for fuglin' Death | F |
| Is what Lord George gives me | M |
Frederic William Moorman
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