An Alphabet Of Old Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEFGG HIJIKLMN FFOPP F QQRSQ F TFUU TR F VFFF WQXX J FYFYZA2B2A2C2D2E2D2 O FF2G2F2 O H2FH2FI2FC2J2J2F V HK2L2F K2 FFDM2M2D N2N2 D FWFWDFO2F F FF F F P2ZD2D2 T FJ2FJ2 F FQ2R2Q2 R2L2R2F R2FFF F O2O2QS2R2FKF F FFFF FFFFFFFFFFFF T2T2FU2U2F KKOOFF F F N2V2W2FFW2| A | A |
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| A carrion crow sat on an oak | B |
| Watching a tailor shape his cloak | B |
| Wife bring me my old bent bow | C |
| That I may shoot yon carrion crow | D |
| The tailor he shot and missed his mark | E |
| And shot his own sow quite through the heart | F |
| Wife wife bring brandy in a spoon | G |
| For our old sow is in a swoon | G |
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| B | - |
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| Ba ba black sheep | H |
| Have you any wool | I |
| Yes marry have I | J |
| Three bags full | I |
| One for my master | K |
| One for my dame | L |
| But none for the little boy | M |
| That cries in the lane | N |
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| C | - |
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| Hen Cock cock I have la a ayed | F |
| Cock Hen hen that's well sa a ayed | F |
| Hen Although I have to go bare footed every day a ay | O |
| Cock Con spirito Sell your eggs and buy shoes | P |
| Sell your eggs and buy shoes | P |
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| D | F |
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| Dickery dickery dock | Q |
| The mouse ran up the clock | Q |
| The clock struck one | R |
| Down the mouse ran | S |
| Dickery dickery dock | Q |
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| E | F |
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| Elizabeth Elspeth Betsy and Bess | T |
| They all went together to seek a bird's nest | F |
| They found a bird's nest with five eggs in | U |
| They all took one and left four in | U |
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| F | - |
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| Father father I've come to confess | T |
| O yes dear daughter what have you done | R |
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| G | F |
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| Gang and hear the owl yell | V |
| Sit and see the swallow flee | F |
| See the foal before its mither's e'e | F |
| 'Twill be a thriving year wi' thee | F |
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| H | - |
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| Hush a bye baby on the tree top | W |
| When the wind blows the cradle will rock | Q |
| When the wind ceases the cradle will fall | X |
| And down will come baby and cradle and all | X |
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| I | J |
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| I had a little husband | F |
| No bigger than my thumb | Y |
| I put him in a pint pot | F |
| And there I bade him drum | Y |
| I bought a little horse | Z |
| That galloped up and down | A2 |
| I bridled him and saddled him | B2 |
| And sent him out of town | A2 |
| I gave him a pair of garters | C2 |
| To tie up his little hose | D2 |
| And a little silk handkerchief | E2 |
| To wipe his little nose | D2 |
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| J | O |
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| Jack Sprat would eat no fat | F |
| His wife would eat no lean | F2 |
| Was not that a pretty trick | G2 |
| To make the platter clean | F2 |
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| K | O |
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| King Cole was a merry old soul | H2 |
| And a merry old soul was he | F |
| He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl | H2 |
| And he called for his fiddlers three | F |
| Every fiddler had a fiddle | I2 |
| And a very fine fiddle had he | F |
| Twee tweedle dee tweedle dee went the fiddlers | C2 |
| Oh there's none so rare | J2 |
| As can compare | J2 |
| With King Cole and his fiddlers three | F |
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| L | V |
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| Little Bo peep has lost her sheep | H |
| And can't tell where to find them | K2 |
| Let them alone and they'll come home | L2 |
| And bring their tails behind them c | F |
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| M | K2 |
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| Mistress Mary | F |
| Quite contrary | F |
| How does your garden grow | D |
| With silver bells | M2 |
| And cockle shells | M2 |
| And cowslips all of a row | D |
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| N | - |
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| Needles and pins needles and pins | N2 |
| When a man marries his trouble begins | N2 |
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| O | D |
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| Once I saw a little bird | F |
| Come hop hop hop | W |
| So I cried Little bird | F |
| Will you stop stop stop | W |
| And was going to the window | D |
| To say How do you do | F |
| When he shook his little tail | O2 |
| And far away he flew | F |
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| P | F |
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| Pease pudding hot pease pudding cold | F |
| Pease pudding in the pot nine days old | F |
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| Q | F |
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| Queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey | F |
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| R | - |
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| Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross | P2 |
| To see an old woman get up on her horse | Z |
| Rings on her fingers and bells at her toes | D2 |
| And so she makes music wherever she goes | D2 |
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| S | T |
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| Simple Simon met a pieman | F |
| Going to the fair | J2 |
| Says Simple Simon to the pieman | F |
| Let me taste your ware | J2 |
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| T | F |
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| Taffy was a Welshman | F |
| Taffy was a thief | Q2 |
| Taffy came to my house | R2 |
| And stole a leg of beef | Q2 |
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| I went to Taffy's house | R2 |
| Taffy was not at home | L2 |
| Taffy came to my house | R2 |
| And stole a marrow bone | F |
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| I went to Taffy's house | R2 |
| Taffy was in bed | F |
| I took the marrow bone | F |
| And broke Taffy's head | F |
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| U | F |
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| Up hill and down dale | O2 |
| Butter is made in every vale | O2 |
| And if Nancy Cock | Q |
| Is a good girl | S2 |
| She shall have a spouse | R2 |
| And make butter anon | F |
| Before her old grandmother | K |
| Grows a young man | F |
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| V | F |
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| Valentine Oh Valentine | F |
| Curl your locks as I do mine | F |
| Two before and two behind | F |
| Good morrow to you Valentine | F |
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| W | - |
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| Where are you going my pretty maid | F |
| I'm going a milking sir she said | F |
| May I go with you my pretty maid | F |
| You're kindly welcome sir she said | F |
| What is your father my pretty maid | F |
| My father's a farmer sir she said | F |
| Say will you marry me my pretty maid | F |
| Yes if you please kind sir she said | F |
| What is your fortune my pretty maid | F |
| My face is my fortune sir she said | F |
| Then I won't marry you my pretty maid | F |
| Nobody asked you sir she said | F |
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| X | - |
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| Cross X patch | T2 |
| Draw the latch | T2 |
| Sit by the fire and spin | F |
| Take a cup | U2 |
| And drink it up | U2 |
| Then call the neighbours in | F |
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| Y | - |
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| You know that Monday is Sunday's brother | K |
| Tuesday is such another | K |
| Wednesday you must go to church and pray | O |
| Thursday is half holiday | O |
| On Friday it is too late to begin to spin | F |
| And Saturday is half holiday again | F |
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| Z | F |
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| ZODIAC FOR THE NURSERY | F |
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| The ram the bull the heavenly twins | N2 |
| And next the crab the lion shines | V2 |
| The virgin and the scales | W2 |
| The scorpion archer and the goat | F |
| The man who holds the watering pot | F |
| And fish with glittering scales | W2 |
Walter Crane
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