Jolly Good Ale And Old Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEDEGE HIJIKELEM NOMOPBQ M CRSRTRURDRGR| I cannot eat but little meat | A |
| My stomach is not good | B |
| But sure I think that I can drink | C |
| With him that wears a hood | B |
| Though I go bare take ye no care | D |
| I nothing am a cold | E |
| I stuff my skin so full within | F |
| Of jolly good ale and old | E |
| Back and side go bare go bare | D |
| Both foot and hand go cold | E |
| But belly God send thee good ale enough | G |
| Whether it be new or old | E |
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| I love no roast but a nut brown toast | H |
| And a crab laid in the fire | I |
| A little bread shall do me stead | J |
| Much bread I not desire | I |
| No frost nor snow no wind I trow | K |
| Can hurt me if I wold | E |
| I am so wrapp'd and thoroughly lapp'd | L |
| Of jolly good ale and old | E |
| Back and side go bare go bare c | M |
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| And Tib my wife that as her life | N |
| Loveth well good ale to seek | O |
| Full oft drinks she till ye may see | M |
| The tears run down her cheek | O |
| Then doth she trowl to me the bowl | P |
| Even as a maltworm should | B |
| And saith 'Sweetheart I took my part | Q |
| Of this jolly good ale and old ' | - |
| Back and side go bare go bare c | M |
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| Now let them drink till they nod and wink | C |
| Even as good fellows should do | R |
| They shall not miss to have the bliss | S |
| Good ale doth bring men to | R |
| And all poor souls that have scour'd bowls | T |
| Or have them lustily troll'd | R |
| God save the lives of them and their wives | U |
| Whether they be young or old | R |
| Back and side go bare go bare | D |
| Both foot and hand go cold | R |
| But belly God send thee good ale enough | G |
| Whether it be new or old | R |
William Stevenson
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