A Neet When Aw've Nowt To Do. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACACDEDEFAFAGAGA AHAHIAIAGAGAAJAJKHKH LHLHGAGAGMGMJCJCGCGC| Why lad awm sewer tha'rt ommost done | A |
| This ovvertime is killin | B |
| 'Twor allus soa sin th' world begun | A |
| They put o' them at's willin | A |
| Tha's ne'er a neet to call thi own | A |
| Tha starts furst thing o' Mundy | C |
| An works thi fingers fair to th' booan | A |
| Booath day an neet wol Sundy | C |
| Aw know tha addles extra pay | D |
| We couldn't weel do baght it | E |
| But if tha'rt browt hooam sick some day | D |
| We'st ha to do withaat it | E |
| Aw seldom get to see thi face | F |
| Exceptin when tha'rt aitin | A |
| Neet after neet aw caar ith' place | F |
| Wol awm fair sick o' waitin | A |
| An when tha comes tha'rt off to bed | G |
| Befoor aw've chonce o' spaikin | A |
| An th' childer luk aw've ofttimes sed | G |
| Like orphans when they're laikin | A |
| Come hooam at six o'clock to morn | A |
| An let wark goa to hummer | H |
| Thi face is growin white an worn | A |
| Tha'll nivver last all summer | H |
| Besides ther's lots o' little jobs | I |
| At tha can tak a hand in | A |
| That kist o' drawers has lost two nobs | I |
| An th' table leg wants mendin | A |
| Ther's th' fixin up oth' winderblind | G |
| An th' chaymer wants whiteweshin | A |
| Th' wall's filled wi marks o' ivvery kind | G |
| Yond lads desarve a threshin | A |
| Aw can't shake th' carpet bi misen | A |
| Nor lig it square an straightly | J |
| Th' childer mud help me nah an then | A |
| But they ne'er do nowt reightly | J |
| That bed o' awrs wants shakin up | K |
| All th' flocks has stuck together | H |
| Tha knows they all want braikin up | K |
| Or they'll get tough as leather | H |
| An th' coilhoil wants a coit o' lime | L |
| Then it'll smell mich sweeter | H |
| An th' cellar should be done this time | L |
| It maks it soa mich leeter | H |
| Ther's lots o' little things beside | G |
| All th' childer's clogs want spetchin | A |
| Jack's hurts his toa tha'll mak em wide | G |
| Wi varry little stretchin | A |
| Besides tha raillee wants a rest | G |
| For a neet or maybe two | M |
| An tha can fix theas trifles best | G |
| Some neet when tha's nowt to do | M |
| Awm net like some at connot feel | J |
| For others aw assure thi | C |
| Tha's tewd until tha'rt owt but weel | J |
| An nowt but rest can cure thi | C |
| Soa come hooam sooin an spend a neet | G |
| Wi me an Jack an Freddy | C |
| They'll think it's ivver sich a treat | G |
| An aw'll have th' whitewesh ready | C |
John Hartley
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