Old Mother Hubbard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCD EFGF EHGI JKGK ELGC MFGF ENGN EOGO EPGP EQGQ EEGE EDGI EEGE ERSR TUEU EFSF| Old Mother Hubbard | A |
| Went to the cupboard | A |
| To get her poor Dog a bone | B |
| But when she came there | C |
| The cupboard was bare | C |
| And so the poor Dog had none | D |
| - | |
| She went to the baker's | E |
| To buy him some bread | F |
| But when she came back | G |
| The poor Dog was dead | F |
| - | |
| She went to the joiner's | E |
| To buy him a coffin | H |
| But when she came back | G |
| The poor Dog was laughing | I |
| - | |
| She took a clean dish | J |
| To get him some tripe | K |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was smoking a pipe | K |
| - | |
| She went to the ale house | E |
| To get him some beer | L |
| But when she came back | G |
| The Dog sat in a chair | C |
| - | |
| She went to the tavern | M |
| For white wine and red | F |
| But when she came back | G |
| The Dog stood on his head | F |
| - | |
| She went to the hatter's | E |
| To buy him a hat | N |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was feeding the cat | N |
| - | |
| She went to the barber's | E |
| To buy him a wig | O |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was dancing a jig | O |
| - | |
| She went to the fruiterer's | E |
| To buy him some fruit | P |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was playing the flute | P |
| - | |
| She went to the tailor's | E |
| To buy him a coat | Q |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was riding a goat | Q |
| - | |
| She went to the cobbler's | E |
| To buy him some shoes | E |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was reading the news | E |
| - | |
| She went to the sempstress | E |
| To buy him some linen | D |
| But when she came back | G |
| The Dog was a spinning | I |
| - | |
| She went to the hosier's | E |
| To buy him some hose | E |
| But when she came back | G |
| He was drest in his clothes | E |
| - | |
| The Dame made a curtsey | E |
| The Dog made a bow | R |
| The Dame said Your servant | S |
| The Dog said Bow wow | R |
| - | |
| This wonderful Dog | T |
| Was Dame Hubbard's delight | U |
| He could sing he could dance | E |
| He could read he could write | U |
| - | |
| She gave him rich dainties | E |
| Whenever he fed | F |
| And erected a monument | S |
| When he was dead | F |
Walter Crane
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