A Gooid Kursmiss Day. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDCCE FFEEEEEECCE GGCCHHIIEEE ECECEAEAJJE| It wor Kursmiss day we wor ready for fun | A |
| Th' puddin wor boil'd an th' rooast beef wor done | A |
| Th' ale wor i'th' cellar an th' spice cake i'th' bin | B |
| An th' cheese wor just lively enuff to walk in | B |
| Th' lads wor all donned i' ther hallidy clooas | C |
| An th' lasses they each luckt as sweet as a rooas | C |
| An th' old wife an me set at each end o'th' hob | D |
| An th' foir wor splutterin raand a big cob | D |
| An aw sed Nah old lass | C |
| Tho we havn't mich brass | C |
| We shall celebrate Kursmiss to day | E |
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| Th' young fowk couldn't rest they kept lukkin at th' clock | F |
| Yo'd a thowt 'twor a wick sin they'd had any jock | F |
| But we winkt one at tother as mich as to say | E |
| They mun wait for th' reight time for ther mother has th' kay | E |
| Then they all went to th' weshus at stood just aghtside | E |
| An they couldn't ha made mich moor din if they'd tried | E |
| For they skriked an they giggled an shaated like mad | E |
| An th' wife sed They're happy an aw sed Awm glad | E |
| An be thankful old lass | C |
| Tho we havn't mich brass | C |
| We shall celebrate Kursmiss to day | E |
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| When twelve o'clock struck th' wife says aw'll prepare | G |
| An ov ivvery gooid thing they shall all have a share | G |
| But aw think some o'th' lasses should help me for once | C |
| An aw answered ov coorse they'll be glad ov a chonce | C |
| Soa aw went to call em but nivver a sign | H |
| Could aw find o' them strackle brained childer o' mine | H |
| An when th' wife went ith' cellar for th' puddin an th' beef | I |
| An saw th' oppen winder it filled her wi grief | I |
| An shoo sed nay old lad | E |
| This is rayther too bad | E |
| We can't celebrate Kursmiss to day | E |
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| Aw went huntin raand an ith' weshus aw faand | E |
| Some bits o' cold puddin beef spicecake an cheese | C |
| Then aw heard a big shaat an when aw lukt agivt | E |
| Them taistrels wor laffin as hard as yo pleeas | C |
| Aw felt rayther mad but ov coorse awm ther dad | E |
| An as it wor Kursmiss aw tuk it as fun | A |
| But what made me capt wor th' ale worn't tapt | E |
| Soa mi old wife an me stuck to that wol 'twor done | A |
| An aw railly did feel | J |
| We enjoyed ussen weel | J |
| An we had a gooid Kursmiss that day | E |
John Hartley
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