Old Mother Laidinwool Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CAAAD EEFA AGHI AAAA AACC EEAA JAAAA| Old Mother Laidinwool had nigh twelve months been dead | A |
| She heard the hops was doing well an' so popped up her head | A |
| For said she quot The lads I've picked with when I was young and fair | B |
| They're bound to be at hopping and I'm bound to meet 'em there quot | A |
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| Let me up and go | C |
| Back to the work I know Lord | A |
| Back to the work I know Lord | A |
| For it is dark where I lie down My Lord | A |
| An' it's dark where I lie down | D |
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| Old Mother Laidinwool she give her bones a shake | E |
| An' trotted down the churchyard path as fast as she could make | E |
| She met the Parson walking but she says to him says she | F |
| quot Oh don't let no one trouble for a poor old ghost like me quot | A |
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| 'Twas all a warm September an' the hops had flourished grand | A |
| She saw the folks get into 'em with stockin's on their hands | G |
| An' none of 'em was foreigners but all which she had known | H |
| And old Mother Laidinwool she blessed 'em every one | I |
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| She saw her daughters picking an' their children them beside | A |
| An' she mowed among the babies an' she stilled 'em when they cried | A |
| She saw their clothes was bought not begged an' they was clean an' fat | A |
| An' old Mother Laidinwool she thanked the Lord for that | A |
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| Old Mother Laidinwool she waited on all day | A |
| Until it come too dark to see an' people went away | A |
| Until it was too dark to see an' lights began to show | C |
| An' old Mother Laidinwool she hadn't where to go | C |
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| Old Mother Laidinwool she give her bones a shake | E |
| An 'trotted back to churchyard mould as fast as she could make | E |
| She went where she was bidden to an' there laid down her ghost | A |
| An' the Lord have mercy on you in the Day you need it most | A |
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| Let me in again | J |
| Out of the wet an' rain Lord | A |
| Out of the wet an' rain Lord | A |
| For it's best as You shall say My Lord | A |
| An' it's best as You shall say | A |
Rudyard Kipling
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