A Tale For Th' Childer, On Christmas Eve Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDEBFDFBADAGEEE EEFEHEEEIAJAJJAJAEEE JJAJIIEIJJJJFFJFAJAJ EKLE| Little childer little childer | A |
| Harken to an old man's ditty | B |
| Tho yo live ith' country village | C |
| Tho yo live ith' busy city | B |
| Aw've a little tale to tell yo | D |
| One 'at ne'er grows stale wi' tellin | E |
| It's abaat One who to save yo | D |
| Here amang men made His dwellin | E |
| Riches moor nor yo can fancy | B |
| Moor nor all this world has in it | F |
| He gave up becoss He loved yo | D |
| An He's lovin yo this minnit | F |
| All His power pomp and glory | B |
| Which to think on must bewilder | A |
| All He left an what for think yo | D |
| Just for love ov little childer | A |
| In a common lowly stable | G |
| He wor laid an th' stars wor twinklin | E |
| As if angel's 'een wor peepin | E |
| On His face 'at th' dew wor sprinklin | E |
| An one star like a big lantern | E |
| Shepherds who ther flocks wor keepin | E |
| Saw an foller'd till it rested | F |
| Just aboon whear He wor sleepin | E |
| Then strange music an sweet voices | H |
| Seem'd to sing reight aght o' Heaven | E |
| Unto us a child is born | E |
| Unto us a son is given | E |
| Then coom wise men thro strange nations | I |
| Young men an men old an hoary | A |
| An they all knelt daan befoor Him | J |
| An araand Him shone a glory | A |
| Then a King thowt he wod kill Him | J |
| Tho he reckoned net to mind Him | J |
| But they went to a strange country | A |
| Whear this bad King couldn't find Him | J |
| An He grew up strong and sturdy | A |
| An He sooin began His praichin | E |
| An big craads stood raand to listen | E |
| An they wondered at His taichin | E |
| Then some sed bad things abaat Him | J |
| Called Him names laft at an jeered Him | J |
| Sed He wor a base imposter | A |
| For they hated yet they feeard Him | J |
| Some believed in His glad tidins | I |
| Saw Him cure men ov ther blindness | I |
| Saw Him make once deead fowk livin | E |
| Saw Him full o' love an kindness | I |
| Wicked men at last waylaid Him | J |
| Drag'd Him off to jail and tried Him | J |
| Tho noa fault they could find in Him | J |
| Yet they cursed an crucified Him | J |
| Nubdy knows ha mich He suffered | F |
| But His work on earth wor ended | F |
| From the grave whear they had laid Him | J |
| Into Heaven He ascended | F |
| Love like His may well bewilder | A |
| Sinners weel may bow befoor Him | J |
| Nah He waits for th' little childer | A |
| Up in Heaven whear saints adore Him | J |
| Think when sittin raand yor hearthstun | E |
| An the Kursmiss bells are ringing | K |
| Ha He lived an died at yo may | L |
| Join those angels in ther singin | E |
John Hartley
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