The 'ole In The Ark Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE G H IJDG KLML NOPO QRSR KTUT N TV WXL YZA2Z B2C2SD2 E2F2AF2 UJG2J| One evening at dusk as Noah stood on his Ark | A |
| Putting green oil in starboard side lamp | B |
| His wife came along and said 'Noah summat's wrong | C |
| Our cabin is getting quite damp | B |
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| Noah said 'Is that so ' Then he went down below | D |
| And found it were right what she'd said | E |
| For there on the floor quite a puddle he saw | F |
| It was slopping around under t' bed | E |
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| Said he 'There's an 'ole in the bottom somewhere | G |
| We must find it before we retire ' | - |
| Then he thowt for a bit and he said 'Aye that's it | H |
| A bloodhound is what we require ' | - |
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| Se he went and fetched bloodhound from place where it lay | I |
| 'Tween the skunk and the polecat it were | J |
| And as things there below were a trifle so so | D |
| It were glad of a breath of fresh air | G |
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| They followed the sound as it went sniffing round | K |
| 'Til at last they located the leak | L |
| 'Twere a small hole in the side about two inches wide | M |
| Where a swordfish had poked in its beak | L |
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| And by gum how the wet squirted in through that hole | N |
| Well young Shem who at sums was expert | O |
| Worked it out on his slate that it came at the rate | P |
| Of per gallon per second per squirt | O |
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| The bloodhound tried hard to keep water in check | Q |
| By lapping it up with his tongue | R |
| But it came in so fast through that hole that at last | S |
| He shoved in his nose for a bung | R |
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| The poor faithful hound he were very near drowned | K |
| They dragged him away none too soon | T |
| For the stream as it rose pushed its way up his nose | U |
| And blew him up like a balloon | T |
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| And then Mrs Noah shoved her elbow in t'hole | N |
| And said ' Eh it's stopped I believe ' | - |
| But they found very soon as she'd altered her tune | T |
| For the water had got up her sleeve | V |
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| When she saw as her elbow weren't doing much good | W |
| She said to Noah 'I've an idea | X |
| You sit on the leak and by t'end of the week | L |
| There's no knowing the weather may clear ' | - |
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| Noah didn't think much to this notion at all | Y |
| But reckoned he'd give it a try | Z |
| On the 'ole down he flopped and the leaking all stopped | A2 |
| And all except him was quite dry | Z |
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| They took him his breakfast and dinner and tea | B2 |
| As day after day there he sat | C2 |
| 'Til the rain was all passed and they landed at last | S |
| On top side of Mount Ararat | D2 |
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| And that is how Noah got them all safe ashore | E2 |
| But ever since then strange to tell | F2 |
| Them as helped save the Ark has all carried a mark | A |
| Aye and all their descendants as well | F2 |
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| That's why dog has a cold nose and ladies cold elbows | U |
| You'll also find if you enquire | J |
| That's why a man takes his coat tails in hand | G2 |
| And stands with his back to the fire | J |
Marriott Edgar
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