Th' Lad 'at Loves His Mother. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE BBFBGEHE HIJIIEHE IKHKLEME HBNBOEIE| Aw like to see a lot o' lads | A |
| All frolicsome an free | B |
| An hear ther noisy voices | C |
| As they run an shaat wi' glee | B |
| But if ther's onny sooart o' lad | D |
| Aw like better nor another | E |
| 'At maks mi heart mooast truly glad | D |
| It's th' lad 'at loves his Mother | E |
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| He may be rayther dull at schooil | B |
| Or rayther slow at play | B |
| He may be rough an quarrelsome | F |
| Mischievous in his way | B |
| He may be allus in a scrape | G |
| An cause noa end o' bother | E |
| But ther's summat gooid an honest | H |
| In the lad 'at loves his Mother | E |
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| He may oft do what isn't reight | H |
| But conscience will keep prickin | I |
| He dreeads far mooar his mother's grief | J |
| Nor what he'd fear a lickin | I |
| Her trubbled face her tearful een | I |
| Her sighs shoo tries to smother | E |
| Are coals ov foir on the heead | H |
| Ov th' lad 'at loves his Mother | E |
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| When years have passed an as a man | I |
| He faces toil an care | K |
| An whear his mother used to sit | H |
| Is but a empty chair | K |
| When bi his side sits her he loves | L |
| Mooar dear nor onny other | E |
| He still will cherish love an bless | M |
| The mem'ry ov his Mother | E |
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| A guardian angel throo life's rooad | H |
| Her spirit still will be | B |
| An in the shadow ov her wings | N |
| He'll find security | B |
| A better husband he will prove | O |
| A father or a brother | E |
| For th' lad 'at maks the noblest man | I |
| Is th' lad 'at loves his Mother | E |
John Hartley
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