Chairley Burke Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGB FFHH IIBB| It's Chairley Burke's in town b'ys He's down til Jamesy's Place | A |
| Wid a bran' new shave upon 'um an' the fhwhuskers aff his face | A |
| He's quit the Section Gang last night and yez can chalk it down | B |
| There's goin' to be the divil's toime sence Chairley Burke's in town | B |
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| It's treatin' iv'ry b'y he is an' poundin' on the bar | C |
| Till iv'ry man he's drinkin' wid must shmoke a foine cigar | C |
| An' Missus Murphy's little Kate that's coomin' there for beer | D |
| Can't pay wan cint the bucketful the whilst that Chairley's here | E |
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| He's joompin' oor the tops o' sthools the both forninst an' back | F |
| He'll lave yez pick the blessed flure an' walk the straightest crack | F |
| He's liftin' barrels wid his teeth and singin Garry Owen | G |
| Till all the house be strikin' hands sence Chairley Burke's in town | B |
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| The Road Yaird hands coomes dhroppin' in an' niver goin' back | F |
| An' there's two freights upon the switch the wan on aither track | F |
| An' Mr Gearry from The Shops he's mad enough to swear | H |
| An' durstn't spake a word but grin the whilst that Chairley's there | H |
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| Och Chairley Chairley Chairley Burke ye divil wid yer ways | I |
| O' dhrivin' all the throubles aff these dhark an' ghloomy days | I |
| Ohone that it's meself wid all the graifs I have to dhrown | B |
| Must lave me pick to resht a bit sence Chairley Burke's in town | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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