My Ancestors Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCD EFEFEF GHGHGH IJIJKLKL| A barefoot boy I went to school | A |
| To save a cobbler's fee | B |
| For though the porridge pot was full | C |
| A frugal folk were we | B |
| We baked our bannocks spun our wool | C |
| And counted each bawbee | D |
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| We reft our living from the soil | E |
| And I was shieling bred | F |
| My father's hands were warped with toil | E |
| And crooked with grace he said | F |
| My mother made the kettle boil | E |
| As spinning wheel she fed | F |
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| My granny smoked a pipe of clay | G |
| And yammered of her youth | H |
| The hairs upon her chin were grey | G |
| She had a single tooth | H |
| Her mutch was grimed I grieve to say | G |
| For I would speak the truth | H |
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| You of your ancestry may boast | I |
| Well here I brag of mine | J |
| For if there is a heaven host | I |
| I hope they'll be in line | J |
| My dad with collie at his heel | K |
| In plaid of tartan stripe | L |
| My mammie with her spinning wheel | K |
| My granny with her pipe | L |
Robert William Service
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