Stir Thi Lass! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCCCC DEDEFFFDDF GFHFFFFCCF| Come lassie be stirrin for th' lark's up ith' lift | A |
| An th' dew drops are hastin away | B |
| An th' mist oth' hillside is beginnin to shift | A |
| An th' flaars have all wakkened for th' day | B |
| Tha promised to meet me beside this thorn tree | C |
| An darlin thi sweet face awm langing to see | C |
| When tha arn't here ther's noa beauty for me | C |
| Soa stir thi lass stir thi | C |
| Or else awst come for thi | C |
| For tha knows what tha tell'd me last neet tha wod be | C |
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| Come lassie be stirrin awm here all alooan | D |
| Tha'rt sewerly net slumb'rin still | E |
| Th' lark's finished his tune an th' dewdrops have gooan | D |
| An th' mist's rolled away ovver th' hill | E |
| Net a wink have aw slept sin aw left thee last neet | F |
| Lukkin forrad to th' time when tha sed we should meet | F |
| But it's past an mi sweetheart is still aght oth' seet | F |
| But its cappin lass cappin | D |
| 'At tha should be nappin | D |
| When tha knows what tha promised at th' end o' awr street | F |
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| Awm weary o' waitin aw'll off to mi wark | G |
| Awst be bated a quarter that's flat | F |
| If tha's nobbut been fooilin me just for a lark | H |
| Tha may find thi mistak when to lat | F |
| Aw wanted to mak thi mi wife for aw thowt | F |
| Tha'd prove thisen just sich a mate as aw sowt | F |
| But it seems tha'rt a false hearted young gooid for nowt | F |
| But aw see thi lass see thi | C |
| God bless thi forgie me | C |
| For tha'rt truer an fairer an dearer nor owt | F |
John Hartley
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