Telling The Bees Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEEEC FCFCGGGC HCHCIIIC JCKCLLLC| On many Yorkshire farms it was perhaps still is the custom to tell the bees when a death had taken place in the family The hive had to be put into mourning and when the arval or funeral feast was held after the return from the grave small portions of everything eaten or drunk had to be given to the bees in a saucer Failure to do this meant either the death or departure of the bees | A |
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| Whisht laatle bees sad tidings I bear | B |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Cauld i' his grave ligs your maister dear | D |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Nea mair he'll ride to t' soond o' t' horn | E |
| Nea mair he'll fettle his sickle for t' corn | E |
| Nea mair he'll coom to your skep of a morn | E |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
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| Muther sits cryin' i' t' ingle nook | F |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Parson's anent her wi' t' Holy Book | F |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| T' mourners are coom an' t' arval is spread | G |
| Cakes fresh frae t' yoon an' fine havver bread | G |
| But toom' is t' seat at t' table head | G |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
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| Look conny bees I's winndin' black crape | H |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Slowly an' sadly your skep I mun drape | H |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Else you will sicken an' dwine reet away | I |
| Heart brokken bees now your maister is clay | I |
| Or mebbe you'l leave us wi' t' dawn o' t' day | I |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
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| Sitha I bring you your share o' our feast | J |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Cakes an' yal an' wine you mun taste | K |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
| Gie some to t' queen on her gowlden throne | L |
| There's foison to feed both worker an' drone | L |
| Oh dean't let us fend for oursels alone | L |
| Bees bees murmurin' low | C |
Frederic William Moorman
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