Coortin Days. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDCD AAEEAAAA CCFFGBGB CCHICJCJ GGKKLALA| Coortin days Coortin days loved one an lover | A |
| What wod aw give if those days could come ovver | A |
| Weddin is joyous its pleasur unstinted | B |
| But coortin is th' sweetest thing ivver invented | B |
| Walkin an talkin | C |
| An nursin Love's spark | D |
| Charmin an warmin | C |
| Tho th' neet may be dark | D |
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| Oh but it's nice when yor way's long and dreary | A |
| To walk wi yor arm raand th' waist ov yor dearie | A |
| Tellin sweet falsehoods the haars to beguile em | E |
| If yo tell'd em ith' dayleet they'd put yo ith' sylum | E |
| But ivverything's fair | A |
| I' love an i' war | A |
| But be sewer to act square | A |
| An do if yo dar | A |
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| Squeezin an kissin an kissin an squeezin | C |
| Laughin an coughin an ticklin an sneezin | C |
| But remember if maybe sich knowledge yo lack | F |
| Allus smile in her face but sneeze at her back | F |
| Yo may think if a fooil | G |
| Sich a thing nivver mattered | B |
| But a lass as a rule | G |
| Doesn't want to be spattered | B |
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| When th' coortin neet comes tho' yor appetite's ragin | C |
| Dooant fill up wi oonions wi mar'gum an sage in | C |
| Remember the darlin where centred yor bliss is | H |
| Likes to fancy yor livin on love an her kisses | I |
| An yor linen if plain | C |
| Have all spotless an fresh | J |
| Then shoo connot complain | C |
| When shoo has it to wesh | J |
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| When Love's flame's been lit an burst into a glow | G |
| Th' best thing yo can do that's as far as aw know | G |
| Is to goa to a parson an pay him his price | K |
| An to join yo together he'll put in a splice | K |
| Then together yo'll face | L |
| This world's battle an bother | A |
| An if that isn't th' case | L |
| Yo can feight for each other | A |
John Hartley
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