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