The Tunning Of Elenor Rumming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Tell you I chyllA
If that ye wyllA
A whyle be styllA
Of a comely gyllA
That dwelt on a hyllA
But she is not gryllA
For she is somwhat sageB
And well worne in ageB
For her vysageB
It would aswageB
A mannes courageB
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Her lothely lereC
Is nothynge clereC
But ugly of chereC
Droupy and drowsyD
Scurvy and lowsyD
Her face all bowsyD
Comely crynkledE
Woundersly wrynkledE
Lyke a rost pygges eareC
Brystled wyth hereC
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Her lewde lyppes twayneF
They slaver men sayneF
Lyke a ropy rayneF
A gummy glayreC
She is ugly fayreC
Her nose somdele hokedE
And camously crokedE
Never stoppyngeB
But ever droppyngeB
Her skynne lose and slackeG
Grained lyke a sackeG
With a croked backeG
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Her eyen gowndyE
Are full unsowndyE
For they are bleredE
And she gray heredE
Jawed lyke a jettyE
A man would have pyttyE
To se how she is gumbedE
Fyngered and thumbedE
Gently joyntedE
Gresed and annoyntedE
Up to the knocklesD
The bones of her huckelsD
Lyke as they were with buckelsD
Togyther made fastE
Her youth is farre pastE
Foted lyke a planeF
Legged lyke a craneF
And yet she wyll jetE
Lyke a jollyvetE
In her furred flocketE
And gray russet rocketE
With symper the cocketE
Her huke of Lyncole greneF
It had ben hers I weneF
More then fourty yereC
And so doth it apereC
For the grene bare thredesD
Loke lyke sere wedesD
Wyddered lyke hayH
The woll worne awayH
And yet I dare sayeH
She thynketh herselfe gayeH
Upon the holy dayeH
Whan she doth her arayC
And gyrdeth in her gytesD
Stytched and pranked with pletesD
Her kyrtel Brystow redE
With clothes upon her hedE
That wey a sowe of ledE
Wrythen in wonder wyseD
After the Sarasyns gyseD
With a whym whamI
Knyt with a trym tramI
Upon her brayne panF
Lyke an EgyptianF
Capped aboutE
When she goeth outE
Herselfe for to sheweH
She dryveth downe the deweH
Wyth a payre of helesD
As brode as two whelesD
She hobles as a goseD
With her blanket hoseD
Over the faloweH
Her shone smered wyth taloweH
Gresed upon dyrtE
That baudeth her skyrtE
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Primus passusD
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And this comely dameJ
I understande her nameJ
Is Elynour RummyngeB
At home in her wonnyngeB
And as men sayD
She dwelt in SothrayC
In a certayne stedeE
Bysyde LederhedeE
She is a tonnysh gybK
The devyll and she be sybK
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But to make up my taleA
She breweth noppy aleA
And maketh therof port saleA
To travellars to tynkersD
To sweters to swynkersD
And all good ale drynkersD
That wyll nothynge spareC
But drynke tyll they stareC
And brynge themselfe bareC
With Now away the mareC
And let us sley careC
As wyse as an hareC
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Come who so wyllA
To Elynour on the hyllA
Wyth Fyll the cup fyllA
And syt there by styllA
Erly and lateE
Thyther cometh KateE
Cysly and SareC
With theyr legges bareC
And also theyr feteE
Hardely full unsweteE
Wyth theyr heles daggedE
Theyr kyrtelles all to jaggedE
Theyr smockes all to raggedE
Wyth titters and tattersD
Brynge dysshes and plattersD
Wyth all theyr myght runnyngeB
To Elynour RummyngeB
To have of her tunnyngeB
She leneth them on the sameJ
And thus begynneth the gameJ
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Instede of coyne and monnyF
Some brynge her a connyF
And some a pot with honnyF
Some a salt and some a sponeF
Some theyr hose some theyr shoneF
Some ran a good trotE
With a skellet or a potE
Some fyll theyr pot fullA
Of good Lemster wollA
An huswyfe of trustE
Whan she is athrustE
Suche a webbe can spynF
Her thryft is full thynF
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Some go streyght thyderC
Be it slaty or slyderC
They holde the hye wayeD
They care not what men sayD
Be that as be mayeD
Some lothe to be espydeE
Start in at the backe sydeE
Over the hedge and paleA
And all for the good aleA
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Some renne tyll they sweteE
Brynge wyth them malte or wheteE
And dame Elynour entreteE
To byrle them of the bestE
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Than cometh an other gestE
She swered by the rode of restE
Her lyppes are so dryeL
Without drynke she must dyeL
Therefore fyll it by and byL
And have here a pecke of ryC
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Anone cometh anotherC
As drye as the otherC
And wyth her doth bryngeB
Mele salte or other thyngeB
Her harvest gyrdle her weddyng ryngeB
To pay for her scotE
As cometh to her lotE
Som bryngeth her husbandes hoodE
Because the ale is goodE
Another brought her his capM
To offer to the ale tapM
Wyth flaxe and wyth toweH
And some brought sowre doweH
Wyth Hey and wyth HoweH
Syt we downe a roweH
And drynke tyll we bloweH
And pype tyrly tyrloweH
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Some layde to pledgeB
Theyr hatchet and theyr wedgeB
Theyr hekell and theyr releA
Theyr rocke theyr spynnyng wheleA
And some went so narroweH
They layde to pledge theyr wharroweH
Theyr rybskyn and theyr spyndellA
Theyr nedell and theyr thymbellA
Here was scant thryftE
Whan they made suche shyftE
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Theyr thrust was so greatE
They asked never for meteE
But drynke styll drynkeG
And let the cat wynkeG
Let us washe our gommesD
From the drye crommesD
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But some than sat ryght sadE
That nothynge hadE
There of theyre awneF
Neyther gelt nor pawneF
Suche were there mennyF
That had not a pennyF
But whan they should walkeG
Were fayne wyth a chalkeG
To score on the balkeG
Or score on the tayleA
God gyve it yll hayleA
For my fyngers ytcheN
I have wrytten to mytcheN
Of this mad mummyngeB
Of Elynour RummyngeB
Thus endeth the gestE
Of this worthy festE
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Quod Skelton LaureatE

John Skelton



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