Old Moorcock. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL HCHC HHHH HHHH HHHH MBMB LNLN HHHH LOLO HBHB ABAB PHPH NHNHAwm havin a smook bi misel | A |
Net a soul here to spaik a word to | B |
Awve noa gossip to hear nor to tell | A |
An ther's nowt aw feel anxious to do | B |
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Awve noa noashun o' writin a line | C |
Tho' awve just dipt mi pen into th' ink | D |
Towards warkin aw dooant mich incline | C |
An awm ommost too lazy to think | D |
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Awve noa riches to mak me feel vain | E |
An yet awve as mich as aw need | F |
Awve noa sickness to cause me a pain | E |
An noa troubles to mak mi heart bleed | F |
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Awr Dolly's crept off to her bed | G |
An aw hear shoo's beginnin to snoor | H |
That upset me when furst we wor wed | G |
But nah it disturbs me noa moor | H |
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Like me shoo taks things as they come | I |
Makkin th' best o' what falls to her lot | J |
Shoo's content wi her own humble hooam | I |
For her world's i' this snug little cot | J |
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We know at we're booath growin old | K |
But Time's traces we hardly can see | L |
An tho' fifty years o'er us have roll'd | K |
Shoo's still th' same young Dolly to me | L |
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Her face may be wrinkled an grey | H |
An her een may be losin ther shine | C |
But her heart's just as leetsome to day | H |
As it wor when aw furst made her mine | C |
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Awve mi hobbies to keep me i' toit | H |
Awve noa whistle nor bell to obey | H |
Awve mi wark when aw like to goa to it | H |
An mi time's all mi own neet an day | H |
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An tho' some pass me by wi a sneer | H |
An some pity mi lowly estate | H |
Aw think awve a deeal less to fear | H |
Nor them at's soa wealthy an great | H |
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When th' sky stretches aght blue an breet | H |
An th' heather's i' blossom all round | H |
Makkin th' mornin's cooil breezes smell sweet | H |
As they rustle along ovver th' graand | H |
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When aw listen to th' lark as he sings | M |
Far aboon ommost lost to mi view | B |
Aw lang for a pair ov his wings | M |
To fly wi him an sing like him too | B |
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When aw sit under th' shade of a tree | L |
Wi mi book or mi pipe or mi pen | N |
Aw think them at's sooary for me | L |
Had far better pity thersen | N |
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When wintry storms howl ovver th' moor | H |
An snow covers all far an wide | H |
Aw carefully festen mi door | H |
An creep cloise up to th' fire inside | H |
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A basin o' porridge may be | L |
To some a despisable dish | O |
But it allus comes welcome to me | L |
If awve nobbut as mich as aw wish | O |
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Mi cloas are old fashioned they say | H |
An aw havn't a daat but it's true | B |
Yet they answer ther purpose to day | H |
Just as weel as if th' fashion wor new | B |
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Let them at think joys nobbut dwell | A |
Wheear riches are piled up i' stoor | B |
Try to get a gooid share for thersel' | A |
But leave me mi snug cot up o'th' moor | B |
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Mi bacca's all done soa aw'll creep | P |
Off to bed just as quite as a maase | H |
For if Dolly's disturbed ov her sleep | P |
Ther'll be a fine racket i'th' haase | H |
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Aw mun keep th' band i'th' nick if aw can | N |
For if shoo gets her temper once crost | H |
All comforts an joys aw may plan | N |
Is just soa mich labour at's lost | H |
John Hartley
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