Mary Jane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDDEEBEFF GGEEBBHHBBIIBBFF BBJJBBBBKKLLAAFF MMGGNNBBBBEEGGFF| One Easter Mundy for a spree | A |
| To Bradforth Mary Jane an me | A |
| Decided we wod tak a jaunt | B |
| An have a dinner wi mi hont | B |
| For Mary Jane aw'd have yo know | C |
| Had promised me some time ago | C |
| To be mi wife an soa aw thowt | B |
| Aw'd introduce her as aw owt | B |
| Mi hont wor pleeased to see us booath | D |
| To mak fowk welcome nivver looath | D |
| An th' table grooaned wi richest fare | E |
| An one an all wor pressed to share | E |
| Mi sweetheart made noa moor to do | B |
| Shoo buckled on an sooin gate throe | E |
| Mi hont sed as shoo filled her glass | F |
| Well God bless thi belly lass | F |
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| Mi Mary Jane is quite genteel | G |
| Shoo's fair an slim an dresses weel | G |
| Shoo luks soa delicate an fair | E |
| Yo'd fancy shoo could live on air | E |
| But thear yo'd find yor judgment missed | B |
| For shoo's a mooast uncommon twist | B |
| Whear once shoo's called to get a snack | H |
| It's seldom at they've axt her back | H |
| To a cookshop we went one neet | B |
| An th' stuff at vanished aght o'th' seet | B |
| Made th' chap at sarved us gape an grin | I |
| But shoo went on an tuckt it in | I |
| An when aw axt ha mich we'd had | B |
| He sed It's worth five shillin lad | B |
| Aw sighed as aw put daan mi brass | F |
| Well God bless thi belly lass | F |
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| But when a lass's een shine bright | B |
| Yo ne'er think ov her appetite | B |
| Her love wor what aw lang'd to gain | J |
| Nor did mi efforts prove in vain | J |
| For we wor wed on Leeds Fair Day | B |
| An started life on little pay | B |
| But aw've noa reason to regret | B |
| Her appetite shoo keeps up yet | B |
| Eight years have passed sin shoo wor mine | K |
| An nah awr family numbers nine | K |
| A chap when wedded life begins | L |
| Seldom expects a brace o' twins | L |
| But Mary Jane's browt that for me | A |
| Shoo's nursin th' last pair on her knee | A |
| An as aw th' bowls o' porrige pass | F |
| Aw say God bless thi belly lass | F |
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| We have noa wealth i' gold or lands | M |
| But cheerful hearts an willin hands | M |
| Altho soa monny maaths to fill | G |
| We live i' hooaps an labor still | G |
| Ther little limbs when stronger grown | N |
| Will be a fortun we shall own | N |
| We're in a mooild thro morn to neet | B |
| But rest comes to us doubly sweet | B |
| An fowk learn patience yo can bet | B |
| When they've to care for sich a set | B |
| But we can honestly declare | E |
| Ther isn't one at we can spare | E |
| Ther little tricks cause monny a smile | G |
| An help to leeten days o' toil | G |
| An joyfully aw say Bith' mass | F |
| Well God bless thi childer lass | F |
John Hartley
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