That's A Fact. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCDEDDDDDFDFGAGA ADADDDDDHAFFIBIBJKJK DLD LMFMFAFAFFNFNDBDDDDD D| A'a Mary aw'm glad 'at that's thee | A |
| Aw need thy advice lass aw'm sure | B |
| Aw'm all ov a mooild tha can see | A |
| Aw wor nivver i' this way afoor | B |
| Aw've net slept a wink all th' neet throo | B |
| Aw've been twirlin abaat like a worm | C |
| An' th' blankets gate felter'd lass too | D |
| Tha nivver saw cloas i' sich form | E |
| Aw'll tell thee what 't all wor abaght | D |
| But promise tha'll keep it reight squat | D |
| For aw wod'nt for th' world let it aght | D |
| But aw can't keep it in tha knows that | D |
| We'd a meetin at th' schooil yesterneet | D |
| An Jimmy wor thear tha's seen Jim | F |
| An he hutch'd cloise to me in a bit | D |
| To ax me for th' number o'th' hymn | F |
| Aw thowt 't wor a gaumless trick | G |
| For he heeard it geen aght th' same as me | A |
| An he just did th' same thing tother wick | G |
| It made fowk tak nooatice dos't see | A |
| An when aw wor gooin towards hooam | A |
| Aw heeard som'dy comin behund | D |
| 'Twor pitch dark an aw thowt if they coom | A |
| Aw should varry near sink into th' graund | D |
| Aw knew it wor Jim bi his traid | D |
| An aw tried to get aght ov his gate | D |
| But a'a tha minds lass aw wor flaid | D |
| Aw wor nivver i' sich en a state | D |
| Then aw felt som'dy's arm raand my shawl | H |
| An aw said nah leeav loise or aw'll screeam | A |
| Can't ta let daycent lasses alooan | F |
| Consarn thi up what does ta mean | F |
| But he stuck to mi arm like a leach | I |
| An he whispered a word i' mi ear | B |
| It tuk booath mi breeath an mi speech | I |
| For aw'm varry sooin thrown aght o' gear | B |
| Then he squeezed me cloise up to his sel | J |
| An he kussed me i' spite o' mi teeth | K |
| Aw says Jimmy forshame o' thisel | J |
| As sooin as aw'd getten mi breeath | K |
| But he wod'nt be quiet for he sed | D |
| 'At he'd loved me soa true an soa long | L |
| Aw'd ha geen a ear off o' my ye'd | D |
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| To get loise but tha knows he's soa strong | L |
| Then he tell'd me he wanted a wife | M |
| An he begged 'at aw wodn't say nay | F |
| Aw'd ne'er heeard sich a tale i' mi life | M |
| Aw wor fesen'd whativver to say | F |
| 'Coss tha knows aw've a likin for Jim | A |
| But yo can't allus say what yo meean | F |
| For aw tremb'ld i' ivvery limb | A |
| Wol he kussed me agean an agean | F |
| But at last aw began to give way | F |
| For raylee he made sich a fuss | N |
| An aw kussed him an all for they say | F |
| Ther's nowt costs mich less nor a kuss | N |
| Then he left me at th' end o' awr street | D |
| An aw've felt like a fooil all th' neet throo | B |
| But if aw should see him to neet | D |
| What wod ta advise me to do | D |
| But dooant spaik a word tha's noa need | D |
| For aw've made up mi mind ha to act | D |
| For he's th' grandest lad ivver aw seed | D |
| An aw like him th' best too that's a fact | D |
John Hartley
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