An Attempt To Remember The "grandmother's Apology." Poem Rhyme Scheme

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WITH MANY APOLOGIES TO THE LAUREATE	A
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And Willie my eldest born is gone you say little Anne	B
Ruddy and white and strong on his legs he looks like a man	B
He was only fourscore years quite young when he died	C
I ought to have gone before but must wait for time and tide	C
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So Harry's wife has written she was always an awful fool	D
And Charlie was always drunk which made our families cool	D
For Willie was walking with Jenny when the moon came up the dale	E
And whit whit whit in the bush beside me chirrupt the nightingale	E
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Jenny I know had tripped and she knew that I knew of it well	F
She began to slander me I knew but I wouldn't tell	F
And she to be slandering me the impertinent base little liar	G
But the tongue is a fire as you know my dear the tongue is a fire	G
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And the parson made it his text last week and he said likewise	H
That a lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies	H
That a downright hearty good falsehood doesn't so very much matter	G
But a lie which is half a truth is worse than one that is flatter	G
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Then Willie and Jenny turned in the sweet moonshine	I
And he said to me through his tears Let your good name be mine	I
And what do I care for Jane She was never over wise	H
Never the wife for Willie thank God that I keep my eyes	H
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Marry you Willie said I and I thought my heart would break	J
But a man cannot marry his grandmother so there must be some mistake	J
But he turned and clasped me in his arms and answered No love no	K
Seventy years ago my darling seventy years ago	K
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So Willie and I were wedded though clearly against the law	L
And the ringers rang with a will and Willie's gloves were straw	L
But the first that ever I bear was dead before it was born	M
For Willie I cannot weep life is flower and thorn	M
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Pattering over the boards my Annie an Annie like you	N
Pattering over the boards and Charlie and Harry too	N
Pattering over the boards of our beautiful little cot	O
And I'm not exactly certain whether they died or not	O
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And yet I know of a truth there is none of them left alive	P
For Willie went at eighty and Harry at ninety five	P
And Charlie at threescore years aye or more than that I'll be sworn	M
And that very remarkable infant that died before it was born	M
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So Willie has gone my beauty the eldest that bears the name	Q
It's a soothing thought In a hundred years it'll be all the same	Q
Here's a leg for a babe of a week says doctor in some surprise	H
But fetch me my glasses Annie I'm thankful I keep my eyes	H
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AIR Three Fishers went Sailing	R
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Three attorneys came sailing down Chancery Lane	S
Down Chancery Lane e'er the courts had sat	T
They thought of the leaders they ought to retain	S
But the Junior Bar oh they thought not of that	T
For serjeants get work and Q C 's too	N
And solicitors' sons in law frequently do	N
While the Junior Bar is moaning	R
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Three juniors sat up in Crown Office Row	K
In Crown Office Row e'er the courts had sat	T
They saw the solicitors passing below	K
And the briefs that were rolled up so tidy and fat	T
For serjeants get work etc	U
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Three briefs were delivered to Jones Q C	V
To Jones Q C e'er the courts had sat	T
And the juniors weeping and wringing their paws	W
Remarked that their business seemed uncommon flat	T
For Serjeants get work and Q C 's too	N
But as for the rest it's a regular do	N
And the Junior Bar is moaning	R
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Air Give that Wreath to Me	V
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Farewell Manchester	G
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Give that brief to me	V
Without so much bother	G
Never let it be	V
Given to another	G
Why this coy resistance	X
Wherefore keep such distance	X
Why hesitate so long to give that brief to me	V
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Should'st thou ever find	Y
Any counsel willing	R
To conduct thy case	Z
For one pound one shilling	R
Scorn such vulgar tricks love	A2
One pound three and six love	A2
Is the proper thing then give that brief to me	V
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III	-
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Should thy case turn out	B2
Hopeless and delusive	A2
Still I'd rave and shout	B2
Using terms abusive	A2
Truth and sense might perish	C2
Still thy cause I'd cherish	C2
Hallow'd by thy gold then give that brief to me	V
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IV	A2
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Should the learned judge	D2
Sit on me like fury	V
Still I'd never budge	D2
There's the British Jury	V
Should that stay prove rotten	E2
Bowen Brett and Cotton	E2
Would upset them all then give that brief to me	V

Horace Smith

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