Mary, Pity Women! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBCBC DDEE FGFGGCGC FFFF HEHEECEC IIII BJBJJCJC EECC| You call yourself a man | A |
| For all you used to swear | B |
| An' leave me as you can | A |
| My certain shame to bear | B |
| I 'ear You do not care | B |
| You done the worst you know | C |
| I 'ate you grinnin' there | B |
| Ah Gawd I love you so | C |
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| Nice while it lasted an' now it is over | D |
| Tear out your 'eart an' good bye to your lover | D |
| What's the use o' grievin' when the mother that bore you | E |
| Mary pity women knew it all before you | E |
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| It aren't no false alarm | F |
| The finish to your fun | G |
| You you 'ave brung the 'arm | F |
| An' I'm the ruined one | G |
| An' now you'll off an' run | G |
| With some new fool in tow | C |
| Your 'eart You 'aven't none | G |
| Ah Gawd I love you so | C |
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| When a man is tired there is naught will bind 'im | F |
| All 'e solemn promised 'e will shove be'ind 'im | F |
| What's the good o' prayin' for The Wrath to strike 'im | F |
| Mary pity women when the rest are like 'im | F |
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| What 'ope for me or it | H |
| What's left for us to do | E |
| I've walked with men a bit | H |
| But this but this is you | E |
| So 'elp me Christ it's true | E |
| Where can I 'ide or go | C |
| You coward through and through | E |
| Ah Gawd I love you so | C |
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| All the more you give 'em the less are they for givin' | I |
| Love lies dead an' you cannot kiss 'im livin' | I |
| Down the road 'e led you there is no returnin' | I |
| Mary pity women but you're late in learnin' | I |
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| You'd like to treat me fair | B |
| You can't because we're pore | J |
| We'd starve What do I care | B |
| We might but this is shore | J |
| I want the name no more | J |
| The name an' lines to show | C |
| An' not to be an 'ore | J |
| Ah Gawd I love you so | C |
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| What's the good o' pleadin' when the mother that bore you | E |
| Mary pity women knew it all before you | E |
| Sleep on 'is promises an' wake to your sorrow | C |
| Mary pity women for we sail to morrow | C |
Rudyard Kipling
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