Ditherum Dump Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBABA ABBB CDCDBABA ABEB BDEDBABA AFEF BGBGBHBB ABCB| Ditherum dump lived i'th' haase behund th' pump | A |
| An he grummel'd throo mornin to neet | B |
| On his rig he'd a varry respectable hump | A |
| An his nooas end wor ruddy an breet | B |
| His een wor askew an his legs knock a kneed | B |
| An his clooas he could don at a jump | A |
| An th' queerest old covey 'at ivver yo seed | B |
| Wor mi naybor old Ditherum Dump | A |
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| Ditherum Dump he lived behund th' pump | A |
| An he grummel'd throo mornin to neet | B |
| An he sed fowk neglect one they owt to respect | B |
| An blow me if aw think 'at its reet | B |
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| Yo mun know this old Ditherum lived bi hissen | C |
| For he nivver had met wi' a wife | D |
| An th' lasses all sed they'd have nooan sich like men | C |
| For he'd worrit 'em aght o' ther life | D |
| But he grinned as he caanted his guineas o' gold | B |
| An he called hissen Jolly old trump | A |
| An he sed tho' awm ugly an twazzy an old | B |
| Still ther's lots wod bi Mistress Dump | A |
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| Ditherum Dump Jolly old trump | A |
| Tho' tha'rt net varry hansum to th' seet | B |
| Yet ther's monny a lass wod be fain o' mi brass | E |
| For mi guineas are bonny an breet | B |
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| Soa he gethered his gold till he grew varry old | B |
| Wi' noa woman to sweeten his life | D |
| Till one day a smart lass chonced his winder to pass | E |
| An he cried That's the wench for my wife | D |
| Soa he show'd her his bags runnin ovver wi' gold | B |
| An he axt her this question reight plump | A |
| Tho' awm ugly an waspish an getten soa old | B |
| Will ta come an be my Mistress Dump | A |
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| For Mistress Dump shall have gold in a lump | A |
| If tha'll tak me for better or worse | F |
| Soa shoo says Awm yor lass if yo'll leeav me yor brass | E |
| An aw'll promise to mak a gooid nurse | F |
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| Soa Ditherum Dump an this young lass gate wed | B |
| An th' naybors cried Shame Fie for shame | G |
| But shoo cared net a button for all at they sed | B |
| For shoo fancied shoo'd played a safe game | G |
| Then Ditherum sickened an varry sooin deed | B |
| An he left her as rich as a Jew | H |
| An shoo had a big tombstun put ovver his heead | B |
| An shoo went into black for him too | B |
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| Nah Mistress Dump soa rooasy an plump | A |
| In a carriage gooas ridin up th' street | B |
| An th' lasses sin then all luk aght for old men | C |
| An they're crazy to wed an old freet | B |
John Hartley
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