Mak A Gooid Start. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGGGGG HCHCIJIJ GKGKGGGG LHHHGGGG GGGGHMHM| Let's mak a gooid start nivver fear | A |
| What grum'lers an growlers may say | B |
| That nivver need cause yo a tear | C |
| For whear ther's a will ther's a way | B |
| If yo've plenty to ait an to drink | D |
| Nivver heed though yor wark may be rough | E |
| If yo'll nobbut keep hooapful aw think | D |
| Yo'll find th' way to mend plain enuff | E |
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| If yor temper gets saar'd an cross | F |
| An yor mind is disturbed an perplext | G |
| Or if troubled wi' sickness an loss | F |
| An yor poverty maks yo feel vext | G |
| Nivver heed for its fooilish to freeat | G |
| Abaat things at yo connot prevent | G |
| An i'th futer ther may be a treeat | G |
| 'At'll pay for all th' sad days you've spent | G |
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| I' this new life beginnin who knows | H |
| What for each on us may be i' stoor | C |
| For th' river o' Time as it flows | H |
| Weshes th' threshold o' ivvery man's door | C |
| At some it leeavs little may be | I |
| An at others deposits a prize | J |
| But if yo be watchful yo'll see | I |
| Ther's a trifle for each one 'at tries | J |
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| Ther's a time booath to wish an decide | G |
| For a chap at ne'er langs nivver tews | K |
| If yo snuff aght ambition an pride | G |
| Yo sink a chap's heart in his shoes | K |
| Wish for summat 'at's honest an reight | G |
| An detarmine yo'll win it or dee | G |
| Yo'll find obstacles slink aght o'th gate | G |
| An th' black claads o' daat quickly flee | G |
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| Young men should seek labor an gains | L |
| Old men wish for rest an repose | H |
| Young lasses want brave lovin swains | H |
| An hanker for th' finest o' clooas | H |
| Old wimmin a cosy foirside | G |
| An a drop o' gooid rum i' ther teah | G |
| Little childer a horse they can ride | G |
| Or a dolly to nurse o' ther knee | G |
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| One thing a chap cant do withaat | G |
| Is a woman to share his estate | G |
| An mooast wimmen ther isn't a daat | G |
| Think life a dull thing baght a mate | G |
| Ther's a sayin booath ancient an wise | H |
| An its one at should be acted upon | M |
| Yo'll do weel to accept its advice | H |
| To Begin as yo meean to goa on | M |
John Hartley
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