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Nursery Rhyme. Cclxv. Gaffers And Gammers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCCD EFGF EHGI JKGK EJGJ ELGC MFGF ENGN EOGO EPGP EQGQ EEGE EDGI EEGE ERSR G T

Old mother HubbardA
Went to the cupboardA
To get her poor dog a boneB
But when she came thereC
The cupboard was bareC
And so the poor dog had noneD
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She went to the baker'sE
To buy him some breadF
But when she came backG
The poor dog was deadF
-
She went to the joiner'sE
To buy him a coffinH
But when she came backG
The poor dog was laughingI
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She took a clean dishJ
To get him some tripeK
But when she came backG
He was smoking his pipeK
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She went to the fishmonger'sE
To buy him some fishJ
And when she came backG
He was licking the dishJ
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She went to the ale houseE
To get him some beerL
But when she came backG
The dog sat in a chairC
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She went to the tavernM
For white wine and redF
But when she came backG
The dog stood on his headF
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She went to the hatter'sE
To buy him a hatN
But when she came backG
He was feeding the catN
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She went to the barber'sE
To buy him a wigO
But when she came backG
He was dancing a jigO
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She went to the fruiterer'sE
To buy him some fruitP
But when she came backG
He was playing the fluteP
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She went to the tailor'sE
To buy him a coatQ
But when she came backG
He was riding a goatQ
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She went to the cobbler'sE
To buy him some shoesE
But when she came backG
He was reading the newsE
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She went to the sempstressE
To buy him some linenD
But when she came backG
The dog was spinningI
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She went to the hosier'sE
To buy him some hoseE
But when she came backG
He was dress'd in his clothesE
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The dame made a curtseyE
The dog made a bowR
The dame said your servantS
The dog said bow wowR
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Footnote Probably loffing or loffin' to complete the rhyme So in Shakspeare's 'Mids Night's Dream ' act ii scG
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And then the whole quire hold their hips and loffeT

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