Name Sakes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCAADEFFD GBGDFFFD HBHIHJA BADFFFD| BUT where's the brown drifter that went out alone | A |
| Roll and go and fare you well | B |
| ' Was her name | C |
| Peggy Nutten | A |
| ' That name is my own | A |
| Fare you well my sailor | D |
| They sang in the dark ' Let her go Let her go ' | E |
| And she sailed to the West where the broad waters flow | F |
| And the others come back but the bitter winds blow | F |
| Ah fare you well my sailor | D |
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| The women at evening they wave and they cheer | G |
| Roll and go and fare you well | B |
| They're waiting to welcome their lads at the pier | G |
| Fare you well my sailor | D |
| They're all coming home in the twilight below | F |
| But there's one little boat Let her go Let her go | F |
| She carried my heart and a heart for the foe | F |
| Ah fare you well my sailor | D |
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| The | H |
| Nell | B |
| and the | H |
| Maggie | I |
| the | H |
| Ruth | J |
| and the Joan | A |
| - | |
| ' Roll and go and fare you well | B |
| They come to their name sakes and leave me alone | A |
| Fare you well my sailor | D |
| And names are kep' dark for the spies mustn't know | F |
| But they'll look in my face an' I think it will show | F |
| Peggy Nutten's my name Let her go Let her go | F |
| Ah fare you well my sailor | D |
Alfred Noyes
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