The Two Lamplighters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDAEA FGAGHIJI KALAMNLN OAAAPNNN QGRGENAN LAIAELAL ASTSLQLQ| I niver thowt when I grew owd | A |
| I'd tak to leetin' lamps | B |
| I sud have said I'd rayther pad | A |
| My hoof on t' road wi' tramps | C |
| But sin I gate that skelp i' t' mine | D |
| I'm wankle i' my heead | A |
| So gaffer said I'd give ower wark | E |
| An' leet town lamps atsteead | A |
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| At first when I were liggin' snug | F |
| I' bed warm as a bee | G |
| 'T were hard to rise and get agate | A |
| As sooin as t' clock strake three | G |
| An' I were flaid to hear my steps | H |
| Echoin' on ivery wall | I |
| An' flaider yet when down by t' church | J |
| Ullets would skreek and call | I |
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| But now I'm flaid o' nowt I love | K |
| All unkerd sounds o' t' neet | A |
| Frae childer talkin' i' their dreams | L |
| To t' tramp o' p'licemen' feet | A |
| But most of all I love to hark | M |
| To t' song o' t' birds at dawn | N |
| They wakken up afore it gloams | L |
| When t' dew ligs thick on t' lawn | N |
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| If I feel lonesome up I look | O |
| To t' sky aboon my heead | A |
| An' theer's yon stars all glestrin' breet | A |
| Like daisies in a mead | A |
| But sometimes when I'm glowerin' up | P |
| I see the Lord hissen | N |
| He's doutin' all yon lamps o' Heaven | N |
| That shines on mortal men | N |
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| He lowps alang frae star to star | Q |
| As cobby as can be | G |
| Mebbe He reckons fowk's asleep | R |
| Wi' niver an eye to see | G |
| But I hae catched Him at his wark | E |
| For all He maks no din | N |
| He leaves a track o' powder'd gowd | A |
| To show where He has bin | N |
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| He's got big lamps an' laatle lamps | L |
| An' lamps that twinkles red | A |
| Im capped to see Him dout 'em all | I |
| Afore I'm back i' bed | A |
| But He don't laik about His wark | E |
| Or stop to hark to t' birds | L |
| He minds His business does the Lord | A |
| An' wastes no gaumless words | L |
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| I grow more like Him ivery day | A |
| For all I walk so lame | S |
| An' happen there will coom a time | T |
| I'll beat Him at His game | S |
| Thrang as Throp's wife I'll dout my lamps | L |
| Afore He's gotten so far | Q |
| An' then I'll shout I've won my race | L |
| I've bet Him by a star | Q |
Frederic William Moorman
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