Billy Bumble's Bargain Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Young Billy Bumble bowt a pig	A
Soa aw've heeard th' neighbors say	B
An monny a mile he had to trig	A
One sweltin' summer day	B
But Billy didn't care a fig	A
He sed he'd mak it pay	B
He knew it wor a bargain	C
An he cared net who said nay	B
	-
He browt it hooam to Ploo Croft loin	D
But what wor his surprise	E
To find all th' neighbors standing aght	B
We oppen maaths an eyes	E
By gow sed Billy to hissen	D
This pig must be a prize	E
An th' wimmen cried Gooid gracious fowk	A
But isn't it a size	E
	-
Then th' chaps sed Billy where's ta been	D
Whativver has ta browt	B
That surely isn't crayture lad	B
Aw heeard 'em say tha'd bowt	B
It luks moor like a donkey	A
Does ta think 'at it con rawt	B
But Billy crack'd his carter's whip	F
An answered 'em wi' nowt	B
	-
An reight enuff it wor a pig	A
If all they say is true	G
Its length wor five foot eight or nine	D
Its height wor four foot two	G
An when it coom to th' pig hoil door	H
He couldn't get it throo	H
Unless it went daan ov its knees	I
An that it wodn't do	G
	-
Then Billy's mother coom to help	J
An hit it wi' a mop	K
But thear it wor an thear it seem'd	B
Detarmined it 'ud stop	K
But all at once it gave a grunt	B
An oppen'd sich a shop	K
An finding aght 'at it wor lick'd	B
It laup'd cleean ovver th' top	K
	-
His mother then shoo shook her heead	B
An pool'd a woeful face	L
William shoo sed tha should'nt bring	A
Sich things as theas to th' place	L
Aw hooap tha art'nt gooin to sink	A
Thi mother i' disgrace	L
But if tha buys sich things as thease	L
Aw'm feared it will be th' case	L
	-
Nah mother nivver freat sed Bill	M
Its one aw'm gooin to feed	B
Its rayther long i'th' legs aw know	D
But that's becoss o'th' breed	B
If its a trifle long i'th' grooin	D
Why hang it nivver heed	B
Aw know its net a beauty	B
But its cheap it is indeed	B
	-
Well time 'ul try his mother sed	B
An time at last did try	H
For nivver sich a hungry beeast	B
Had been fed in a sty	B
What's th' weight o'th' long legged pig Billy	B
Wor th' neighbors' daily cry	B
Aw connot tell yo yet sed Bill	M
Aw'll weigh it bye an bye	B
	-
An hard poor Billy persevered	B
But all to noa avail	N
It swallow'd all th' mait it could get	B
An wod ha swallow'd th' pail	N
But Billy tuk gooid care to stand	B
O'th' tother side o'th' rail	N
But fat it didn't gain as mich	O
As what 'ud greeas its tail	N
	-
Pack after pack o' mail he bowt	B
Until he'd bowt fourteen	D
But net a bit o' difference	L
I'th' pig wor to be seen	D
Its legs an snowt wor just as long	A
As ivver they had been	D
Poor Billy caanted rib bi rib	P
An heaved a sigh between	D
	-
One day he mix'd a double feed	B
An put it into th' troff	Q
Tha greedy lukkin beeast he sed	B
Aw'll awther stawl thee off	Q
Or else aw'll brust thi hide that is	L
Unless 'at its to toff	Q
An then he left it wol he went	B
His mucky clooas to doff	Q
	-
It worn't long befoor he coom	R
To see hah matters stood	B
He luk'd at th' troff an thear it wor	H
Five simple bits o' wood	B
As cleean scraped aght as if it had	B
Ne'er held a bit o' food	B
Tha slotch sed Bill aw do believe	Q
Tha'd ait me if tha could	B
	-
Next day he browt a butcher	H
For his patience had been tried	B
An wi a varry deeal to do	B
Its legs wi' rooap they tied	B
An then his shinin knife he drew	B
An stuck it in its side	B
It mud ha been a crockadile	N
Bi th' thickness ov its hide	B
	-
But blooid began to flow an then	D
Its long legg'd race wor run	D
They scalded scraped an hung it up	S
An when it all wor done	D
Fowk coom to guess what weight it wor	H
An monny a bit o' fun	D
They had for Billy's mother sed	B
It ought to weigh a ton	D
	-
Billy wor walkin up an daan	D
Dooin nowt but fume an fidge	T
He luk'd at th' pig then daan he set	B
I'th nook o'th' window ledge	T
He saw th' back booan wor stickin aght	B
Like th' thin end ov a wedge	T
It luk'd like an owd blanket	B
Hung ovver th' winterhedge	T
	-
His mother rooar'd an th' wimmen sigh'd	B
But th' chaps did nowt but laff	Q
Poor Billy he could hardly bide	B
To sit an hear ther chaff	Q
Then up he jumped an off he run	D
But whear fowk nivver knew	D
An what wor th' war'st when mornin coom	R
Th' deead pig had mizzled too	D
	-
Th' chaps wander'd th' country far an near	H
Until they stall'd thersen	D
But nawther Billy nor his pig	A
Coom hooam agean sin then	D
But oft fowk say i'th' deead o'th' neet	B
Near Shibden's ruined mill	N
The gooast o' Billy an his pig	A
May be seen runnin still	N
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MORAL	N
	-
Yo fowk 'at's tempted to goa buy	B
Be careful what yo do	D
Dooant be persuaded 'coss it's cheap	U
For if yo do yo'll rue	D
Dooant think its lowerin to yor sen	D
To ax a friend's advice	L
Else like poor Billy's pig 't may be	B
Bowt dear at onny price	L

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