Sing On Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF GHGIJJ KLKLGG MNMNOO PQPRST| Sing on tha bonny burd sing on sing on | A |
| Aw connot sing | B |
| A claad hings ovver me do what aw con | A |
| Fresh troubles spring | B |
| Aw wish aw could like thee fly far away | C |
| Aw'd leeav mi cares an be a burd to day | C |
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| Mi heart wor once as full o' joy as thine | D |
| But nah it's sad | E |
| Aw thowt all th' happiness i'th' world wor mine | D |
| Sich faith aw had | E |
| But he who promised aw should be his wife | F |
| Has robb'd me o' mi ivvery joy i' life | F |
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| Sing on tha cannot cheer me wi' thi song | G |
| Yet when aw hear | H |
| Thi warblin' voice 'at rings soa sweet an strong | G |
| Aw feel a tear | I |
| Roll daan mi cheek 'at gives mi heart relief | J |
| A gleam o' comfort but it's varry brief | J |
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| This little darlin cuddled to mi breast | K |
| It little knows | L |
| When snoozlin' soa quietly at rest | K |
| 'At all mi woes | L |
| Are smothered thear an mi poor heart ud braik | G |
| But just aw live for mi wee laddie's sake | G |
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| Sing on an if tha e'er should chonce to see | M |
| That faithless swain | N |
| Whose falsehood has caused all mi misery | M |
| Strike up thy strain | N |
| An if his heart yet answers to thy trill | O |
| Fly back to me an we will love him still | O |
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| But if he heeds thee not then shall aw feel | P |
| All hope is o'er | Q |
| An he that aw believed an loved soa weel | P |
| Be loved noa more | R |
| For that hard heart bird music cannot move | S |
| Is far too cold a dwellin place for love | T |
John Hartley
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