The Bells Of Kirkby Overblow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBACDE CEFEDCDE CCDCCEDE CAEAGEHE IJKJDEDE FCLCDEGE ACCCCEDE| Draw back my curtains Mary | A |
| An' oppen t' windey wide | B |
| Ay ay I know I'm deein' | C |
| While to morn I'll hardlins bide | B |
| But yit afore all's ovver | A |
| An' I lig cowd as snow | C |
| I'll hear once more them owd church bells | D |
| O' Kirkby Overblow | E |
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| Mony a neet an' mornin' | C |
| I've heerd yon church bells peal | E |
| An' how I've threaped an' cursed 'em | F |
| When I was strong an' weel | E |
| Gert skelpin' chunterin' taistrils | D |
| All janglin' in a row | C |
| Ay mony a time I've cursed yon bells | D |
| O' Kirkby Overblow | E |
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| When you hear yon church bells ringin' | C |
| You can't enjoy your sin | C |
| T' bells clutches at your heart strings | D |
| I' t' ale house ower your gin | C |
| At pitch an' toss you're laikin' | C |
| Down theer i' t' wood below | E |
| An' then you damn them rowpy bells | D |
| O' Kirkby Overblow | E |
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| An' when I've set off poachin' | C |
| At back end o' the year | A |
| Wi' ferret bag an' snickle | E |
| Church bells have catched my ear | A |
| Thou's takken t' road to Hell lad | G |
| Wheer t' pit fire's bumin' slow | E |
| That's what yon bells kept shoutin' out | H |
| At Kirkby Overblow | E |
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| But now I'm owd an' bed fast | I |
| I ommost like their sound | J |
| Ringin' so clear i' t' star leet | K |
| Across the frozzen ground | J |
| I niver mell on parsons | D |
| There ain't a prayer I know | E |
| But prayer an' sarmon's i' yon bells | D |
| O' Kirkby Overblow | E |
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| Six boards o' gooid stout ellum | F |
| Is what I'll want to morn | C |
| Then lay me low i' t' church yard | L |
| Aneath t' owd crooked thorn | C |
| I'll have no funeral sarvice | D |
| When I'm browt down below | E |
| But let 'em touzle t' bells like mad | G |
| At Kirkby Overblow | E |
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| I don't know wheer I'm boun' for | A |
| It hardlins can be Heaven | C |
| I've sinned more sins nor most men | C |
| 'Twixt one an' seven seven | C |
| But this I'll tak my oath on | C |
| Wheeriver I mun go | E |
| I'll hark to t' echoes o' yon bells | D |
| O' Kirkby Overblow | E |
Frederic William Moorman
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