Persevere. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBB EDEDBB DFDFBB GBGBBB HIHJB KDLDBB BM BNBNBB DODOBB| What tho' th' claads aboon luk dark | A |
| Th' sun's just waitin to peep throo | B |
| Let us buckle to awr wark | C |
| For ther's lots o' jobs to do | D |
| Tho' all th' world luks dark an drear | B |
| Let's ha faith an persevere | B |
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| He's a fooil 'at sits an mumps | E |
| 'Coss some troubles hem him raand | D |
| Man mud allus be i'th dumps | E |
| If he sulk'd 'coss fortun fraand | D |
| Th' time 'll come for th' sky to clear | B |
| Let's ha faith an persevere | B |
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| If we think awr lot is hard | D |
| Nivver let us mak a fuss | F |
| Lukkin raand at ivvery yard | D |
| We'st find others war nor us | F |
| We have still noa cause to fear | B |
| Let's ha faith an persevere | B |
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| A faint heart aw've heeard 'em say | G |
| Nivver won a lady fair | B |
| Have a will yo'll find a way | G |
| Honest men ne'er need despair | B |
| Better days are drawin near | B |
| Then ha faith an persevere | B |
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| Workin men nah we've a voice | H |
| An con help to mak new laws | I |
| Let us ivver show awr choice | H |
| Lains to strengthen virtue's cause | J |
| Wrangs to reighten griefs to cheer | B |
| This awr motto 'Persevere ' | - |
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| Let us show to foreign empires | K |
| Loyalty's noa empty booast | D |
| We can scorn the thirsty vampires | L |
| If they dar molest awr cooast | D |
| To awr Queen an country dear | B |
| Still we'll cling an persevere | B |
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| The printed version in Yorkshire Lyrics finishes here | B |
| These two extra verses are from Yorkshire Ditties First Series | M |
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| But as on throo life we hurry | B |
| By whativver path we rooam | N |
| Let us ne'er forget i'th' worry | B |
| True reform begins at hooam | N |
| Then to prove yorsens sincere | B |
| Start at once an persevere | B |
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| Hard wark happen yo may find it | D |
| Some dear folly to forsake | O |
| Be detarmined ne'er to mind it | D |
| Think yor honor's nah at stake | O |
| Th' gooid time's drawin varry near | B |
| Then ha faith an persevere | B |
John Hartley
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