That Christmas Puddin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDAE CFCFAGAGAE ACHCICJCAE| Ha weel aw remember that big Christmas puddin | A |
| That puddin mooast famous ov all in a year | B |
| When each lad at th' table mud stuff all he could in | A |
| An ne'er have a word ov refusal to fear | B |
| Ha its raand speckled face craand wi' sprigs o' green holly | C |
| Seem'd sweeatin wi' juices ov currans an plums | D |
| An its fat cheeks made ivvery one laff an feel jolly | C |
| For it seem'd like a meetin ov long parted chums | D |
| That big Christmas pudding That rich steamin puddin | A |
| That scrumptious plum puddin mi mother had made | E |
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| Ther wor father an mother awr Hannah an Mary | C |
| Uncle Tom an ont Nancy an smart cussin Jim | F |
| An Jim's sister Kitty as sweet as a fairy | C |
| An Sam wi' his fiddle we couldn't spare him | F |
| We'd rooast beef an mutton a gooise full o' stuffin | A |
| Boil'd turnips an taties an moor o' sich kind | G |
| An fooamin hooam brewed why aw think we'd enuff in | A |
| To sail a big ship if we'd been soa inclined | G |
| An then we'd that puddin That thumpin big puddin | A |
| That rich Christmas puddin mi mother had made | E |
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| Sam sat next to Mary an Jim tuk awr Hannah | A |
| An Kitty ov coorse had to sit next to me | C |
| An th' stuff wor sooin meltin away in a manner | H |
| 'At mi mother declared 't wor a pleasur to see | C |
| They wor nowt could be mended we sed when it ended | I |
| An all seem'd as happy as happy could be | C |
| An aw've nivver repented for Kitty consented | J |
| An shoo's still breet an bonny an a gooid wife to me | C |
| An aw think o' that puddin That fateful plum puddin | A |
| That match makkin puddin mi mother had made | E |
John Hartley
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