A highly valuable chain of thoughts

Andrew Lang 1844 (Selkirk, Scottish Borders) – 1912 (Banchory)



HAD cigarettes no ashes,
                 And roses ne'er a thorn,
             No man would be a funker
             Of whin, or burn, or bunker.
             There were no need for mashies,
                 The turf would ne'er be torn,
             Had cigarettes no ashes,
                 And roses ne'er a thorn.

             Had cigarettes no ashes,
                 And roses ne'er a thorn,
             The big trout would not ever
             Escape into the river.
             No gut the salmon smashes
                 Would leave us all forlorn,
             Had cigarettes no ashes,
                 And roses ne'er a thorn.

             But 'tis an unideal
                 Sad world in which we're born,
             And things will 'go contrairy'
             With Martin and with Mary:
             And every day the real
                 Comes bleakly in with morn,
             And cigarettes have ashes,
                 And every rose a thorn.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABccabAB ABccxbAB dbccdbab
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 975
Words 121
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8

Andrew Lang

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