Old Dave To Th' New Parson. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDBD EFGF HFFF FDID JKBK FLML NOPO QRSR SBFB FSTS SFSF GUVW XFYF FYFY YZDZ YFYF BA2FA2| Soa yo're th' new parson are yo | A |
| Well awm fain to see yo've come | B |
| Yo'll feel a trifle strange at furst | C |
| But mak yorsen at hooam | B |
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| Aw hooap yo'll think nor war o' me | B |
| If aw tell what's in mi noddle | D |
| Remember if we dooant agree | B |
| It's but an old man's twaddle | D |
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| But aw might happen drop a hint | E |
| 'At may start yo to thinkin | F |
| Awd help yo if aw saw mi way | G |
| An do it too like winkin | F |
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| Awm net mich up o' parsons | H |
| Ther's some daycent ens aw know | F |
| They're smart enuff at praichin | F |
| But at practice they're too slow | F |
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| For dooin gooid nooan can deny | F |
| Ther chonces are mooast ample | D |
| If they'd give us fewer precepts | I |
| An rayther moor example | D |
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| We need a friend to help waik sheep | J |
| Oe'r life's rough ruts an boulders | K |
| Ther's a big responsibility | B |
| Rests on a parson's shoulders | K |
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| But oft ther labor's all in vain | F |
| Noa matter ha persistent | L |
| Becoss ther taichin an ther lives | M |
| Are hardly quite consistent | L |
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| Ther's nowt can shake ther faith in God | N |
| When bad is growing worse | O |
| An nowt abate ther trust unless | P |
| It chonce to touch ther purse | O |
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| They say Who giveth to the poor | Q |
| Lends to the Lord but yet | R |
| They all seem varry anxious | S |
| Net to get the Lord in debt | R |
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| But wi my fooilish nooations | S |
| Mayhap yo'll net agree | B |
| Its like enuff 'at awm mistaen | F |
| But it seems that way to me | B |
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| If yo hear a clivver sarmon | F |
| Yor attention it command's | S |
| If yo know at th' praicher's heart's as white | T |
| As what he keeps his hands | S |
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| Ther's too mich love ov worldly ways | S |
| An too mich affectation | F |
| They work i'th' vinyard a few days | S |
| Then hint abaat vacation | F |
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| He has to have a holiday | G |
| Because he's worked soa hard | U |
| Well aw allus think 'at labor | V |
| Is desarvin ov reward | W |
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| What matters tho' his little flock | X |
| A shepherd's care is wantin | F |
| Old Nick may have his run o'th' fold | Y |
| Wol he's off galavantin | F |
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| Aw dooant say 'at yo're sich a one | F |
| Yo seem a gradely sooart | Y |
| But if yo' th' Gospel armour don | F |
| Yo'll find it isn't spooart | Y |
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| Dooant sell yor heavenly birthright | Y |
| For a mess ov worldly pottage | Z |
| But spend less time i'th' squire's hall | D |
| An moor i'th' poor man's cottage | Z |
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| Point aght the way an walk in it | Y |
| They'll follow one bi one | F |
| An when yo've gained yor journey's end | Y |
| Yo'll hear them words Well done | F |
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| A Christian soldier has to be | B |
| Endurin bold an brave | A2 |
| Strong in his faith he'll sewerly win | F |
| As sewer as my name's Dave | A2 |
John Hartley
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