Mi Bonny Yorksher Lass. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHEHE IJKJLELE MNCNOEKE EPEPMEME| Aw've travelled East West North an South | A |
| An led a rooamin' life | B |
| Aw've met wi things ov stirlin' worth | C |
| Aw've shared wi joy an strife | B |
| Aw've kept a gooid stiff upper lip | D |
| Whativver's come to pass | E |
| But th' captain of mi Fortun's ship | D |
| Has been mi Yorksher Lass | E |
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| Storm tossed sails rent an reckonin' lost | F |
| A toy for wind an wave | G |
| Mid blindin' fog an snow an frost | F |
| Aw've thowt noa power could save | G |
| But ivver in the darkest day | H |
| Wi muscles strong as brass | E |
| To some safe port shoo's led the way | H |
| Mi honest Yorksher Lass | E |
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| Shoo's fair all Yorksher lasses are | I |
| Shoo's bonny as the rest | J |
| Her brow ne'er shows a line o' care | K |
| Shoo thinks what is is best | J |
| Shoo's lovin' true an full o' pluck | L |
| An it seems as clear as glass | E |
| 'At th' lad is sewer to meet gooid luck | L |
| 'At weds a Yorksher Lass | E |
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| Ther's oriental beauties an' | M |
| Grand fowk ov ivvery grade | N |
| But when it comes to honest worth | C |
| Shoo puts 'em all ith' shade | N |
| For wi her charms an virtues | O |
| Shoo stands at top o'th' class | E |
| Ther's nooan soa rare as can compare | K |
| Wi a bonny Yorksher Lass | E |
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| Then here's to th' Yorksher lasses | E |
| Whearivver they may be | P |
| Ther worth ther's nooan surpasses | E |
| An ther's nooan as brave an free | P |
| If awd to live life o'er ageean | M |
| Awd think misen an ass | E |
| If aw didn't tak for company | M |
| A bonny Yorksher lass | E |
John Hartley
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