Fowk Next Door. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFEF GFGFHFHF IJIFKLKL LMLMNMNM OMOMOPOP QMQMPRPR OROROFOF| Said Mistress Smith to Mistress Green | A |
| Aw'm feeard we'st ha to flit | B |
| Twelve year i' this same haase we've been | C |
| An should be stoppin yet | D |
| I'th' same old spot we thowt to spend | E |
| If need be twelve year mooar | F |
| But all awr comfort's at an end | E |
| Sin th' fowk moved in next door | F |
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| Yo know aw've nivver hurt a flea | G |
| All th' years at aw've been here | F |
| An fowk's affairs are nowt to me | G |
| Aw nivver interfere | F |
| We've had gooid naybors all this while | H |
| All honest fowk tho' poor | F |
| But aw can't tolerate sich style | H |
| As they put on next door | F |
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| Aw dooant know whear they get ther brass | I |
| It's little wark they do | J |
| Ther's eight young bairns an th' owdest lass | I |
| Is gaddin raand th' day throo | F |
| They dress as if they owned a mint | K |
| Throo th' owdest to th' youngest brat | L |
| Noa skimpin an noa sign o' stint | K |
| But aw've nowt to do wi' that | L |
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| Ther's th' maister wears a silk top hat | L |
| An sometimes smooks cigars | M |
| An owd clay pipe or sich as that | L |
| Is gooid enuff for awrs | M |
| When th' mistress stirs shoo has to ride | N |
| I' cabs or else i'th' buss | M |
| But aw mun walk or caar inside | N |
| Ov coorse that's nowt to us | M |
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| Aw wonder if they've paid ther rent | O |
| Awr landlord's same as theirs | M |
| If we should chonce to owe a cent | O |
| He'll put th' bums in he swears | M |
| An th' butcher wodn't strap us mait | O |
| Noa net if we'd to pine | P |
| Aw daat at their accaant's nooan straight | O |
| But it's noa affair o' mine | P |
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| One can't help havin thowts yo know | Q |
| When one meets sich a case | M |
| An nivver sin we lived i'th' row | Q |
| Did such like things tak place | M |
| Wi' business when it isn't mine | P |
| Aw nivver try to mell | R |
| An if they want to cut a shine | P |
| They're like to pleas thersel | R |
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| But stuck up fowk aw ne'er could bide | O |
| An pride will have a fall | R |
| Aw connot match 'em tho' aw've tried | O |
| Aw wish aw could that's all | R |
| Aw dunnot envy 'em a bit | O |
| Aw'm quite content tho' poor | F |
| But one on us will ha to flit | O |
| Us or them fowk next door | F |
John Hartley
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