Plenty O' Brass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB ABABBDBD ABAB EFEF ACACGHGH ABABABAB IBIBJAJA| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' brass | A |
| It's grand to be able to spend | B |
| A trifle sometimes on a glass | A |
| For yorsen or sometimes for a friend | B |
| To be able to bury yor neive | C |
| Up to th' shackle i' silver an' gowd | B |
| An 'baght pinchin be able to save | C |
| A wee bit for th' time when yo're owd | B |
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| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' brass | A |
| To be able to set daan yor fooit | B |
| Withaat ivver thinkin bi'th' mass | A |
| 'At yo're wearin' soa much off yor booit | B |
| To be able to walk along th' street | B |
| An stand at shop windows to stare | D |
| An net ha to beat a retreat | B |
| If yo scent a bum bailey i'th' air | D |
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| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' brass | A |
| To be able to goa hooam at neet | B |
| An sit i'th' arm cheer bi'th' owd lass | A |
| An want nawther foir nor leet | B |
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| To tak th' childer a paper o' spice | E |
| Or a pictur' to hing up o' th' wall | F |
| Or a taste ov a summat 'at's nice | E |
| For yor friends if they happen to call | F |
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| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' brass | A |
| Then th' parsons'll know where yo live | C |
| If yo're poor it's mooast likely they'll pass | A |
| An call where fowk's summat to give | C |
| Yo may have a trifle o' sense | G |
| An yo may be booath upright an trew | H |
| But that's nowt if yo can't stand th' expense | G |
| Ov a whole or a pairt ov a pew | H |
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| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' brass | A |
| An to them fowk 'at's getten a hooard | B |
| This world seems as smooth as a glass | A |
| An ther's flaars o' booath sides o'th' rooad | B |
| But him 'at's as poor as a maase | A |
| Or happen a little i' debt | B |
| He mun point his nooas up to th' big haase | A |
| An be thankful for what he can get | B |
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| A'a it's grand to ha plenty o' chink | I |
| But dooan't let it harden yor heart | B |
| Yo 'at's blessed wi' abundance should think | I |
| An try to do gooid wi' a part | B |
| An then as yo're totterin' daan | J |
| An th' last grains o' sand are i'th glass | A |
| Yo may find 'at yo've purchased a craan | J |
| Wi' makkin gooid use o' yor brass | A |
John Hartley
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