Pat And The Pig Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDECCFFFGHGIIJK HL HI| Old Deutchland's the country for sauerkraut and beer | A |
| Old England's the land of roast beef and good cheer | A |
| Auld Scotland's the mother of gristle and grit | B |
| But Ireland my boy is the mother of wit | B |
| Once Pat was indicted for stealing a pig | C |
| And brought into court to the man in the wig | C |
| The indictment was long and so lumbered with Latin | D |
| That Pat hardly knew what a pickle was Pat in | E |
| But at last it was read to the end and the wig | C |
| Said Pat are you guilty of stealing the pig | C |
| Pat looked very wise though a trifle forlorn | F |
| And he asked of milord that the witness be sworn | F |
| Bless yer sowl stammered Pat an' the day ye was born | F |
| Faith how in the divil d'ye think Oi can tell | G |
| Till Oi hear the ividince | H |
| Pat reckoned well | G |
| For the witness was sworn and the facts he revealed | I |
| How Pat stole the piggy and how the pig squealed | I |
| Whose piggy the pig was and what he was worth | J |
| And the slits in his ears and his tail and so forth | K |
| But he never once said 'in the county of Meath ' CX | H |
| So Pat he escaped by the skin of his teeth | L |
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| CX In criminal cases it is necessary to prove that the crime was | H |
| committed in the county where the venue is laid | I |
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