Gooid Bye, Old Lad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEG H HI JKLM NDND OBOB| Ge me thi hand mi trusty friend | A |
| Mi own is all aw ha to gie thi | B |
| Let friendship simmer on to th' end | A |
| God bless thi I an gooid luck be wi' thi | B |
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| Aw prize thee just for what tha art | C |
| Net for thi brass thi clooas or station | D |
| But just becoss aw know thi heart | C |
| Finds honest worth an habitation | D |
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| Ther's monny a suit ov glossy black | E |
| Worn bi a chap 'at's nowt to back it | F |
| Wol monny a true kind heart may rack | E |
| Lapt in a tattered fushten jacket | G |
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| Ther's monny a smilin simperin knave | H |
| Wi' oppen hand will wish 'gooid morrow ' | - |
| 'At wodn't gie a meg to save | H |
| A luckless mate or ease his sorrow | I |
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| Praichers an taichers seem to swarm | J |
| But sad to tell th' plain honest fact is | K |
| They'd rayther bid yo shun all harm | L |
| Nor put ther taichin into practice | M |
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| But thee aw read thee like a book | N |
| Aw judge thi booath bi word an action | D |
| An th' mooar aw know an th' mooar aw look | N |
| An th' mooar awm fill'd wi' satisfaction | D |
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| Soa once agean Gooid bye old lad | O |
| An till we meet agean God bless thi | B |
| May smilin fortun mak thi glad | O |
| An may noa ills o' life distress thi | B |
John Hartley
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