They All Do It. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBBB BCBCDEDE FGFGFBFB HBHBIJFK ABABBLBM| They're all buildin nests for thersen | A |
| One bi one they goa fleetin away | B |
| A suitable mate comes an then | A |
| I'th' old nest they noa longer can stay | B |
| Well it's folly for th' old en's to freeat | B |
| Tho' it's hard to see loved ones depart | B |
| An we sigh let a tear drop an yet | B |
| We bless 'em an give 'em a start | B |
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| They've battles to feight 'at we've fowt | B |
| They've trubbles an trials to face | C |
| I'th' futer they luk an see nowt | B |
| 'At can hamper ther coorse i' life's race | C |
| Th' sun's shinin soa breetly they think | D |
| Sorrow's claads have noa shadow for them | E |
| They walk on uncertainty's brink | D |
| An they see in each teardrop a gem | E |
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| Happy dreams 'at they had long ago | F |
| Too sweet to believe could be true | G |
| Are realized nah for they know | F |
| Th' world's pleasures wor made for them two | G |
| We know 'at it's all a mistak | F |
| An we pity an yet we can pray | B |
| 'At when th' end comes they'll nivver luk back | F |
| Wi' regret to that sweet weddin day | B |
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| God bless 'em may happiness dwell | H |
| I' ther hearts tho' they beat in a cot | B |
| An if in a palace well well | H |
| Shall ther young love be ever forgot | B |
| Nay nay tho' old Time runs his plough | I |
| O'er fair brows an leaves monny a grove | J |
| May they cloiser cling th' longer they grow | F |
| Till two lives blend i' one sacred love | K |
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| Bless th' bride wi' her bonny breet e'en | A |
| Bless th' husband who does weel his part | B |
| Aye an bless those old fowk where they've been | A |
| The joy an the pride ov ther heart | B |
| May health an prosperity sit | B |
| At ther table soa long as they live | L |
| An accept th' gooid wishes aw've writ | B |
| For they're all 'at aw'm able to give | M |
John Hartley
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