A Cold Dooas. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAACCBBDDEECCFFAA GGBBHHIIJJCCKKLLEEAA JJBBCCMMBBNNLLCCBB| One neet aw went hooam what time aw can't tell | A |
| But it must ha been lat for awd th' street to mysel | A |
| Furst one clock then t'other kept ringin aght chimes | B |
| Aw wor gaumless a chap will get gaumless sometimes | B |
| Thinks aw tha'll drop in for't to neet lad tha will | A |
| But aw oppen'd th' haase door an aw heeard all wor still | A |
| Soa aw ventured o' tip toe to creep up to bed | C |
| Thinkin th' less aw disturbed her an th' less wod be sed | C |
| When awd just getten ready to bob under th' clooas | B |
| Aw bethowt me aw hadn't barred th' gate an lockt th' doors | B |
| Soa daan stairs aw crept ommost holdin mi breeath | D |
| An ivverything raand mi wor silent as deeath | D |
| When aw stept aght oth door summat must ha been wrang | E |
| For it shut ov itsen wi a terrible bang | E |
| It wor lucky aw cleared it withaat gettin hurt | C |
| But still aw wor lockt aght o' door i' mi shirt | C |
| Thinks aw its noa use to be feared ov a din | F |
| Awst be foorced to rouse Betty to let me get in | F |
| An to mend matters snow wor beginnin to fall | A |
| An a linen shirt makes but a poor overall | A |
| Aw knockt at first pratly for fear ov a row | G |
| But her snooarin aw heeard plain enuff daan below | G |
| Mi flesh wor i' gooise lumps mi feet wor like ice | B |
| To be frozzen to deeath thinks aw willn't be nice | B |
| Soa as knockin wor useless aw started to bray | H |
| Till at last one oth pannels began to give way | H |
| All th' neighbors ther heeads aght oth windows did pop | I |
| But aw couldn't wake Betty shoo slept like a top | I |
| At last a poleeceman coom raand wi his lamp | J |
| An he spied mi an thowt mi some murderin scamp | J |
| Aw tried to explain but he wodn't give heed | C |
| For he wanted a job like all th' rest ov his breed | C |
| He tuk me to th' lock up an thear made a charge | K |
| At aw wor a lunatic rooamin at large | K |
| In a cell aw wor put whear aw fan other three | L |
| 'Twor a small cell for four but a big sell for me | L |
| An shiv'rin an shudd'rin an pairt druffen sick | E |
| That neet seem'd to me twice as long as a wick | E |
| Next mornin they dragg'd me to th' cooart haase to tell | A |
| What it meant an to give an accaant o' misel | A |
| An they fined me five shillin but ha could aw pay | J |
| When mi brass wor ith pockets oth clooas far away | J |
| Then they sent Betty word an shoo coom for it seems | B |
| Shoo wor up i' gooid time for shoo'd had ugly dreeams | B |
| An shoo browt me mi clooas an shoo set me all streight | C |
| But her pity wor nobbut It just sarves thee reight | C |
| Sin then yo've noa nooation what awve to endure | M |
| For aw gate sich a cold 'at noa phisic can cure | M |
| An if aw complain Betty says i' quicksticks | B |
| Tha sees what tha gets wi thi wrang headed tricks | B |
| Soa aw grin an aw bide it as weel as aw can | N |
| But awve altered mi tactics an nah it's mi plan | N |
| If mi mates ivver tempt me an get me to rooam | L |
| Aw sup pop when awm aght an sup whisky at hooam | L |
| An Betty declares it's been all for mi gooid | C |
| For awd long wanted summat to cooil mi young blooid | C |
| But this lesson it towt me awl freely confess | B |
| To mak sewer th' gate's made fast befoor aw undress | B |
John Hartley
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