Matilda Jane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCADA CECEFCFC CCBCGHIH JCJCJBJB BJAJAJAJ| Matilda Jane wor fat an fair | A |
| An nobbut just sixteen | B |
| Shoo'd ruddy cheeks an reddish hair | A |
| An leet blue wor her een | B |
| Shoo weighed abaat two hundred pund | C |
| Or may be rayther mooar | A |
| Shoo had to turn her sideways | D |
| When shoo went aght o'th' door | A |
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| Shoo fairly dithered as shoo walked | C |
| Shoo wor as brooad as long | E |
| But allus cheerful when shoo tawk'd | C |
| An liked to sing a song | E |
| An some o'th' songs shoo used to sing | F |
| Aw weel remember yet | C |
| Aw thowt it sich a funny thing | F |
| Shoo pickt soa strange a set | C |
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| Put me in my little bed | C |
| Aw knew they couldn't do | C |
| For onny bed to put her in | B |
| Must be big enuff for two | C |
| Aw wish aw wor a burd shoo sang | G |
| Aw nivver could tell why | H |
| For it wod be a waste o' wings | I |
| Becoss shoo couldn't fly | H |
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| I'd choose to be a Daisy | J |
| Aw didn't wonder at | C |
| For it must ha made her crazy | J |
| To hug that looad o' fat | C |
| Then Flitting like a Fairy | J |
| To hear it gave me pain | B |
| For ther wor novvt soa airy | J |
| Abaat Matilda Jane | B |
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| Last time aw heeard her singin | B |
| Shoo sang You'll remember me | J |
| An mi arm crept pairtly raand her | A |
| As aw held her on mi knee | J |
| Ther's noa fear aw shall forget her | A |
| Tho' shoo's ne'er set thear agean | J |
| But if shoo will aw'll let her | A |
| For aw like Matilda Jane | J |
John Hartley
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