Done Agean Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBB BBCCCC DEDECFCFGCGC CHCIJBJBKCKC CLCLDMDMNCNC| Aw've a rare lump o' beef on a dish | A |
| We've some bacon 'at's hung up o' th' thack | B |
| We've as mich gooid spice cake as we wish | A |
| An wi' currens its varry near black | B |
| We've a barrel o' gooid hooam brewed drink | B |
| We've a pack o' flaar reared agean th' clock | B |
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| We've a load o' puttates under th' sink | B |
| So we're pretty weel off as to jock | B |
| Aw'm soa fain aw can't tell whear to bide | C |
| But the cause aw dar hardly let aat | C |
| It suits me moor nor all else beside | C |
| Aw've a paand at th' wife knows nowt abaat | C |
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| Aw can nah have a spree to misel | D |
| Aw can treat mi old mates wi' a glass | E |
| An' aw sha'nt ha' to come home an tell | D |
| My old lass ha' aw've shut all mi brass | E |
| Some fowk say when a chap's getten wed | C |
| He should nivver keep owt thro' his wife | F |
| If he does awve oft heeard 'at it's sed | C |
| 'At it's sure to breed trouble an strife | F |
| If it does aw'm net baan to throw up | G |
| Though awd mich rayther get on withaat | C |
| But who wodn't risk a blow up | G |
| For a paand 'at th' wife knows nowt abaat | C |
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| Aw hid it i' th' coil hoil last neet | C |
| For fear it dropt aat o' mi fob | H |
| Coss aw knew if shoo happened to see 't | C |
| 'At mi frolic wod prove a done job | I |
| But aw'll gladden mi e'en wi' its face | J |
| To mak sure at its safe in its nick | B |
| But aw'm blest if ther's owt left i' th' place | J |
| Why its hook'd it as sure as aw'm wick | B |
| Whear its gooan to's a puzzle to me | K |
| An' who's taen it aw connot mak aat | C |
| For it connot be th' wife coss you see | K |
| It's a paand 'at shoo knew nowt abaat | C |
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| But thear shoo is peepin' off th' side | C |
| An' aw see 'at shoo's all on a grin | L |
| To chait her aw've monny a time tried | C |
| But I think it's nah time to give in | L |
| A chap may be deep as a well | D |
| But a woman's his maister when done | M |
| He may chuckle and flatter hissel | D |
| But he'll wakken to find at shoo's won | M |
| It's a rayther unpleasant affair | N |
| Yet it's better it's happened noa daat | C |
| Aw'st be fain to come in for a share | N |
| O' that paand at th' wife knows all abaat | C |
John Hartley
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