Johnie Faa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF HFIC JFKF LIMI ICNC HFIC HFIC HFIC OCCC CCPC OCQC| Child vol iv Early Edition | A |
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| The gypsies came to our good lord's gate | B |
| And wow but they sang sweetly | C |
| They sang sae sweet and sae very complete | D |
| That down came the fair lady | C |
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| And she came tripping doun the stair | E |
| And a' her maids before her | F |
| As soon as they saw her weel far'd face | G |
| They coost the glamer o'er her | F |
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| O come with me says Johnie Faw | H |
| O come with me my dearie | F |
| For I vow and I swear by the hilt of my sword | I |
| That your lord shall nae mair come near ye | C |
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| Then she gied them the beer and the wine | J |
| And they gied her the ginger | F |
| But she gied them a far better thing | K |
| The goud ring aff her finger | F |
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| Gae take frae me this yay mantle | L |
| And bring to me a plaidie | I |
| For if kith and kin and a' had sworn | M |
| I'll follow the gypsy laddie | I |
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| Yestreen I lay in a weel made bed | I |
| Wi' my good lord beside me | C |
| But this night I'll lye in a tenant's barn | N |
| Whatever shall betide me | C |
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| Come to your bed says Johnie Faw | H |
| Oh come to your bed my dearie | F |
| For I vow and swear by the hilt of my sword | I |
| Your lord shall nae mair come near ye | C |
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| I'll go to bed to my Johnie Faw | H |
| I'll go to bed to my dearie | F |
| For I vow and I swear by the fan in my hand | I |
| My lord shall nae mair come near me | C |
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| I'll mak a hap to my Johnie Faw | H |
| I'll mak a hap to my dearie | F |
| And he's get a' the coat gaes round | I |
| And my lord shall nae mair come near me | C |
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| And when our lord came hame at e'en | O |
| And spier'd for his fair lady | C |
| The tane she cry'd and the other reply'd | C |
| She's awa' wi' the gypsy laddie | C |
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| Gae saddle to me the black black steed | C |
| Gae saddle and make him ready | C |
| Before that I either eat or sleep | P |
| I'll gae seek my fair lady | C |
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| And we were fifteen weel made men | O |
| Altho' we were na bonny | C |
| And we were a' put down but ane | Q |
| For a fair young wanton lady | C |
Andrew Lang
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