Hay-meaken. Nunchen Time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDE C FFGAG HHAIICGJJ KKLLJJAJJ GGAKKKK MMANNOOPPKKKK JJKKQQARRCCGG| A | A |
| Back here but now the jobber John | B |
| Come by an' cried 'Well done zing on | B |
| I thought as I come down the hill | C |
| An' he rd your zongs a ring n sh'ill | C |
| Who woudden like to come an' fling | D |
| A pe ir o' prongs where you did zing ' | E |
| J | - |
| Aye aye he woudden vind it pla | C |
| To work all day a me k n hay | - |
| Or pitch n o't to e rms a spread | F |
| By lwoaders yards above his head | F |
| 'T'ud me ke en wipe his dripp n brow | G |
| A | A |
| Or else a re k n a'ter plow | G |
| J | - |
| Or work n wi' his nimble pick | H |
| A stiffled wi' the hay at rick | H |
| A | A |
| Our Company would suit en best | I |
| When we do te ke our bit o' rest | I |
| At nunch a gather'd here below | C |
| The she de the se wide bough'd woak do drow | G |
| Where hiss n froth mid rise an' float | J |
| In horns o' e le to wet his droat | J |
| J | - |
| Aye if his swell n han' could drag | K |
| A meat slice vrom his dinner bag | K |
| 'T'ud me ke the busy little chap | L |
| Look rather glum to zee his lap | L |
| Wi' all his meal ov woone dry crowst | J |
| An' vinny cheese so dry as dowst | J |
| A | A |
| Well I dont grumble at my food | J |
| 'Tis wholesome John an' zoo 'tis good | J |
| J | - |
| Whose re ke is that a ly n there | G |
| Do look a bit the woo'se vor wear | G |
| A | A |
| Oh I mus' get the man to me ke | K |
| A tooth or two vor thik wold re ke | K |
| 'Tis le bor lost to strike a stroke | K |
| Wi' him wi' ha'f his teeth a broke | K |
| J | - |
| I should ha' thought your han' too fine | M |
| To break your re ke if I broke mine | M |
| A | A |
| The ramsclaws thin'd his wooden gum | N |
| O' two teeth here an' here were zome | N |
| That broke off when I re k'd a patch | O |
| O' groun' wi' Jimmy vor a match | O |
| An' here's a gap where woone or two | P |
| Wer broke by Simon's clumsy shoe | P |
| An' when I gi'ed his poll a poke | K |
| Vor better luck another broke | K |
| In what a veag have you a swung | K |
| Your pick though John His stem's a sprung | K |
| J | - |
| When I an' Simon had a het | J |
| O' pook n yonder vor a bet | J |
| The prongs o'n gi'd a tump a poke | K |
| An' then I vound the stem o'n broke | K |
| But they do me ke the stems o' picks | Q |
| O' stuff so brittle as a kicks | Q |
| A | A |
| There's poor wold Je ne wi' wrinkled skin | R |
| A tell n wi' her peak d chin | R |
| Zome te le ov her young days poor soul | C |
| Do me ke the young woones smile 'Tis droll | C |
| What is it Stop an' let's goo near | G |
| I do like the se wold te les Let's hear | G |
William Barnes
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