All We Had Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DECE FDGD HIJK LMNM OHGH PGQG QRER DRDR HS S TRRR RUGU GRVR HGRG WRRR XRRR RQMQ| It worn't for her winnin ways | A |
| Nor for her bonny face | B |
| But shoo wor th' only lass we had | C |
| An that quite alters th' case | B |
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| We'd two fine lads as yo need see | D |
| An' weel we love 'em still | E |
| But shoo war th' only lass we had | C |
| An' we could spare her ill | E |
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| We call'd her bi mi mother's name | F |
| It saanded sweet to me | D |
| We little thowt ha varry sooin | G |
| Awr pet wod have to dee | D |
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| Aw used to watch her ivery day | H |
| Just like a oppenin bud | I |
| An' if aw couldn't see her change | J |
| Aw fancied' at aw could | K |
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| Throo morn to neet her little tongue | L |
| Wor allus on a stir | M |
| Awve heeard a deeal o' childer lisp | N |
| But nooan at lispt like her | M |
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| Sho used to play all sooarts o' tricks | O |
| 'At childer shouldn't play | H |
| But then they wor soa nicely done | G |
| We let her have her way | H |
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| But bit bi bit her spirits fell | P |
| Her face grew pale an' thin | G |
| For all her little fav'rite toys | Q |
| Shoo didn't care a pin | G |
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| Aw saw th' old wimmin shak ther heeads | Q |
| Wi monny a doleful nod | R |
| Aw knew they thowt shoo'd goa but still | E |
| Aw couldn't think shoo wod | R |
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| Day after day my wife an' me | D |
| Bent o'er that suff'rin child | R |
| Shoo luk'd at mammy an' at me | D |
| Then shut her een an' smiled | R |
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| At last her spirit pass'd away | H |
| Her once breet een wor dim | S |
| Shoo'd heeard her Maker whisper 'come ' | - |
| An' hurried off to Him | S |
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| Fowk tell'd us t'wor a sin to grieve | T |
| For God's will must be best | R |
| But when yo've lost a child yo've loved | R |
| It puts yor Faith to th' test | R |
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| We pick'd a little bit o' graand | R |
| Whear grass and daisies grew | U |
| An' trees wi spreeadin boughs aboon | G |
| Ther solemn shadows threw | U |
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| We saw her laid to rest within | G |
| That deep grave newly made | R |
| Wol th' sexton let a tear drop fall | V |
| On th' handle ov his spade | R |
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| It troubled us to walk away | H |
| An' leeav her bi hersen | G |
| Th' full weight o' what we'd had to bide | R |
| We'd niver felt till then | G |
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| But th' hardest task wor yet to come | W |
| That pang can ne'er be towld | R |
| 'Twor when aw feszend th' door at nee't | R |
| An' locked her aat i'th' cowld | R |
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| 'Twor then hot tears roll'd daan mi cheek | X |
| 'Twor then aw felt mooast sad | R |
| For shoo'd been sich a tender plant | R |
| An' th' only lass we had | R |
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| But nah we're growin moor resign'd | R |
| Although her face we miss | Q |
| For He's blest us wi another | M |
| An we've hopes o' rearin this | Q |
John Hartley
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