Not Too Bad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHEHDEIE JKLKEDMD J GGELLL LNLNDED IEGEIII I IIELIL GHKHGEOE EIHIIIII

De cottage vas close py der garden gateA
It vas not mighdty hardt to find itB
A couple of gum trees grew shoost in frontC
Und a pig shty grew shoost pehind itB
Dere vos milk cows und sheep on der clover flatD
Und a creek vhere der vater ranE
Der misdress of all vas der Vidder McCaulF
Und I vos her handy manE
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Ach shveet vas der ploom on der orchard treesG
Und lofely der flowers in shpringH
But der vidder's daughter Yemima AnnE
She vas shveeter ash efferytingH
She valked on der ferry ground I lofedD
Und her eyes were so lofely prownE
Dat vheneffer I see dat she looked at meI
Vhy I felt mineself top side downE
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I lofed mine life ash I lofed dat girlJ
Und a vik from her tvinkling eyeK
Ash I helped her moundt on der old prown mareL
Made me feel apout ten feet highK
Vhen she cantered home ash der sun vent downE
Und I lifted her oop to der groundD
Vhen I felt her yoomp mine heardt vent boompM
Und I felt apout twelfe feet roundD
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So I shpeaks to mineself ' I must hafe dat girlJ
For mithout her I aint no use '-
So I tole her von day vhat a duck she vasG
Und she tell me I vas a cooseG
Den a shearer coomed town from der LachlanE
Pout ash tall ash a wool shed toorL
Und he took her avay on a pullock trayL
Und she neffer comes pack some moreL
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So I vent vat you calls ' clean off your shoomps '-
I crinds oop mine teeth und schvearL
I knocks mineself town mit a pag of shaffN
Und I picks mineself oop py mine hairL
I shvears I could hang and trown mineselfN
Und fill mineself oop mit shot tooD
Put shoost vhen I run to get mine gunE
Der vidder she tole me not toD
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She said ash she fried me some eggs for mine teaI
Und her tears shpluttered in der panE
'Vas it not goot enough to her daughter loseG
Mithout losing her handy manE
Vas der fish not askh good vhat vas in der seaI
Ash der fish vhat vas taken oudtI
If der shnapper I sought vas got shnapped oop und caughtI
Dere vas plenty more shvimmin spout '-
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So I said 'Do you know vhere dat fish to findI
Apout vat you gone und told me '-
Und I town sat mineself py der vidder's sideI
Und the vidder she neffer shcold meI
Ash der vidder she mix oop her tears mit mineE
I got prave und mine heardt grew polderL
So mine left arm I placed round der vidder's vaistI
Und der vidder's head fell on mine shoulterL
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Ach shveet vas der shmell from der new fried eggsG
Vhich der vidder vas shoost peen fryingH
Und shveet vas der glance from der vidder's eyeK
Mit her head on mine shoulter lyingH
If I gissed her ten times I gissed her vonceG
Pefore effer I thought of shtoppinE
Und der pig pullock pell in der milk pan fellO
Und ve neffer heardt it droppinE
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I takes mine seat in der parlour nowE
In der gitchen I hangs mine hatI
Und der milk cows feed shoost across der creekH
Und der sheep on her clover flatI
I shnapped oop der fish dat vas shvimmin apoutI
Und I neffer no more got madI
Und I tinks of a night ash mine shmoke pipe I lightI
Dat I didn't do NOT TOO BADI

Thomas E. Spencer



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