Sixty, Turned, To-day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD CECEFDFD GHGHCDCD IJDJGDGD GCGCKDKD GLGLHDHD| Aw'm turned o' sixty nah old lass | A |
| Yet weel aw mind the time | B |
| When like a young horse turned to grass | A |
| Aw gloried i' mi prime | B |
| Aw'st ne'er forget that bonny face | C |
| 'At stole mi heart away | D |
| Tho' years have hurried on apace | C |
| Aw'm sixty turned to day | D |
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| We had some jolly pranks an gams | C |
| E'en fifty year ago | E |
| When sportive as a pair o' lambs | C |
| We nivver dreeamed ov woe | E |
| When ivvery morn we left us bed | F |
| Wi' spirits leet an gay | D |
| But nah old lass those days have fled | F |
| Aw'm sixty turned to day | D |
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| Yet we've noa reason to repine | G |
| Or luk back wi' regret | H |
| Those youthful days ov thine an mine | G |
| Live sweet in mem'ry yet | H |
| Thy winnin smile aw still can see | C |
| An tho' thi hair's turned grey | D |
| Tha'rt still as sweet an dear to me | C |
| Tho' sixty turned to day | D |
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| We've troubles had an sickness too | I |
| But then in spite ov all | J |
| We've somha managed to pool throo | D |
| Whativver might befall | J |
| Awr pleasurs far outweighed the pain | G |
| We've met along life's way | D |
| An losses past aw caant as gain | G |
| When sixty turned to day | D |
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| Awr childer nah are wed an gooan | G |
| To mak hooams for thersels | C |
| But we shall nivver feel alooan | G |
| Wol love within us dwells | C |
| We're drawin near awr journey's end | K |
| We can't much longer stay | D |
| Yet still awr hearts together blend | K |
| Tho' sixty turned to day | D |
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| Then let us humbly bow the knee | G |
| To Him whose wondrous love | L |
| Has helpt an guided thee an me | G |
| On th' pathway to above | L |
| His mercies we will ne'er forget | H |
| Then let us praise an pray | D |
| To Him whose wings protect us yet | H |
| Tho' sixty turned to day | D |
John Hartley
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