I wasn't sure if "by WS" was a gag or not, and if you'd written this
yourself Jon!
and I remember hearing that Shakespeare's spoken accent was a rather
Northern/Kentish sort of brogue.. it was closer to irish than scottish as I
recall, though a highlandish scottish accent would rhyme 'note/pot' much
closer than a dublin irish, today & in my estimation. (in sc. the vowel
would differ slightly but mainly just in roundedness, and in ir. the [o] in
'note' would be diphthongised vs. the undipthongised [o] in 'pot')
(disclaimer: I could be wrong)
KS
2008/12/7 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> I always remember that Shakespeare's elder, and never married, sister
> was called Joan.
>
> It's certainly one of the most beautiful of the WS songs, and, as far
> as I know, probably not a rewrite of a popular ditty (a few may well
> have been)
>
> Dave
>
> 2008/12/6 Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>:
> > Gorgeous!
> > P
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> > Behalf Of Jon Corelis
> > Sent: 04 December 2008 19:08
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> > Subject: Poem: Winter by William Shakespeare
> >
> > Winter
> >
> > by William Shakespeare
> >
> > When icicles hang by the wall
> > And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,
> > And Tom bears logs into the hall,
> > And milk comes frozen home in pail;
> > When blood is nipt, and ways be foul,
> > Then nightly sings the staring owl
> > Tu-whoo!
> > Tu-whit! tu-whoo! A merry note!
> > While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
> >
> > When all around the wind doth blow,
> > And coughing drowns the parson's saw,
> > And birds sit brooding in the snow,
> > And Marian's nose looks red and raw;
> > When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl-
> > Then nightly sings the staring owl
> > Tu-whoo!
> > Tu-whit! tu-whoo! A merry note!
> > While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > 4 F (-15 C) here I mean give me a break ...
> >
> > --
> >
> > By the way did the note/pot rhyme both rhyme with modern note or with
> pot?
> >
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