His Dowter Gate Wed. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FGFGHIHI JAJAKKKK ALKLKKKK ILILMCAC ACACNKNK ACACLKLK AIAIKOKO CKCKECPC LLLOICI KLKLCKCKHe'd had his share ov ups an daans | A |
His sprees an troubles too | B |
Ov country joys an life i' taans | A |
He'd run th' whoal gamut throo | C |
He labored hard to mak ends meet | D |
An keep things all ship shap | E |
An th' naybor's sed 'at lived i'th' street | D |
He's a varry daycent chap | E |
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He paid his rent an gave his wife | F |
Enuff for clooas an grub | G |
To pleas her he'd insured his life | F |
An joined a burial club | G |
His childer grander nivver ran | H |
To climb a father's knee | I |
Noa better wife had onny man | H |
Noa praader chap could be | I |
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He tuk noa stock i' fleetin time | J |
He nivver caanted th' years | A |
For he wor hale just in his prime | J |
An nowt to cause him fears | A |
He nivver dreamt ov growin old | K |
Sich thowts ne'er made him freat | K |
He sed Why aw'm as gooid as gold | K |
Aw'm but a youngster yet | K |
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His childer thrave like willow wands | A |
An made fine maids an men | L |
But th' thowt ne'er entered in his nut | K |
'At he grew old hissen | L |
His e'en wor oppened one fine day | K |
His dreams o' youth all fled | K |
An th' reason on it wor they say | K |
His dowter shoo gate wed | K |
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E'a gow he sed but this licks me | I |
Shoo's but a child hersen | L |
Ov all things why it connot be | I |
Her thowts should turn to men | L |
Whisht sed his wife we wed as young | M |
An shoo's moor sense bi far | C |
An then tha knows shoo's th' grandest lass | A |
'At lives at Batley Carr | C |
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He gave a grooan for on his lass | A |
He'd set a deal o' stooar | C |
He lit his pipe an filled his glass | A |
Then fixed his e'en o'th' flooar | C |
By gum he sed but this is rough | N |
Aw ne'er knew owt as bad | K |
If shoo's a wife its plain enuff | N |
Aw connot be a lad | K |
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Aw must be old aw say old lass | A |
Does't think aw'm growin grey | C |
Gooid gracious but ha time does pass | A |
But tha doesn't age a day | C |
Tha'rt just as buxum nah as then | L |
Aw'st think tha must feel shamed | K |
Tha luks as young as her thisen | L |
Or could do if tha framed | K |
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Aw'st ha to alter all mi ways | A |
Noa moor aw'st ha to rooam | I |
Just sattle daan an end mi days | A |
Cronkt up bith' hob at hooam | I |
An 'fore owts long as like as net | K |
Wol crooidled up i'th' nook | O |
Ther'll be some youngster browt aw'll bet | K |
To watch his grondad smook | O |
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Do stop aw wonder ha tha dar | C |
Behave thi soa unkind | K |
Does't think 'at th' lads i' Batley Carr | C |
Are all booath dumb an blind | K |
Shoo's wed a steady honest chap | E |
An shoo's booath gooid an fair | C |
Ther's net another fit to swap | P |
They mak a gradely pair | C |
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'Man worn't made to live alooan ' | - |
Tha tell'd me that thisen | L |
Tha needn't shak thi heead an grooan | L |
Tha's happen changed sin then | L |
But if ther ivver wor a crank | O |
It's been my luck to see | I |
It wor my childer's father | C |
When he furst coom coortin me | I |
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But rest content its all for th' best | K |
An then tha must ha known | L |
Shoo thowt it time at shoo possest | K |
A nice hooam ov her own | L |
Well may they prosper That's my prayer | C |
They'st nivver want a friend | K |
Wol aw'm alive but aw'st beware | C |
An watch theas younger end | K |
John Hartley
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