Lord Thomas And Fair Annet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC BCDC DAEA FABA EAFA AABA EABA AEAE AABA FAFA ABBB EBEB FAGA AEEE AGAG ABEB FABA FBFB GAAA GABA BEBE BABA BBEB EAEA AEBE AABA HBBB BBBB IEGE EEAEChild Part III p | A |
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Lord Thomas and Fair Annet | B |
Sate a' day on a hill | C |
Whan night was cum and sun was sett | B |
They had not talkt their fill | C |
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Lord Thomas said a word in jest | B |
Fair Annet took it ill | C |
A I will nevir wed a wife | D |
Against my ain friend's will | C |
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Gif ye wull nevir wed a wife | D |
A wife wull neir wed yee | A |
Sae he is hame to tell his mither | E |
And knelt upon his knee | A |
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O rede O rede mither he says | F |
A gude rede gie to mee | A |
O sall I tak the nut browne bride | B |
And let Faire Annet bee | A |
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The nut browne bride haes gowd and gear | E |
Fair Annet she has gat nane | A |
And the little beauty Fair Annet haes | F |
O it wull soon be gane | A |
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And he has till his brother gane | A |
Now brother rede ye mee | A |
A sall I marrie the nut browne bride | B |
And let Fair Annet bee | A |
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The nut browne bride has oxen brother | E |
The nut browne bride has kye | A |
I wad hae ye marrie the nut browne bride | B |
And cast Fair Annet bye | A |
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Her oxen may dye i' the house billie | A |
And her kye into the byre | E |
And I sall hae nothing to mysell | A |
Bot a fat fadge by the fyre | E |
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And he has till his sister gane | A |
Now sister rede ye mee | A |
O sall I marrie the nut browne bride | B |
And set Fair Annet free | A |
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I'se rede ye tak Fair Annet Thomas | F |
And let the browne bride alane | A |
Lest ye sould sigh and say Alace | F |
What is this we brought hame | A |
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No I will tak my mither's counsel | A |
And marrie me owt o hand | B |
And I will tak the nut browne bride | B |
Fair Annet may leive the land | B |
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Up then rose Fair Annet's father | E |
Twa hours or it wer day | B |
And he is gane unto the bower | E |
Wherein Fair Annet lay | B |
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Rise up rise up Fair Annet he says | F |
Put on your silken sheene | A |
Let us gae to St Marie's Kirke | G |
And see that rich weddeen | A |
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My maides gae to my dressing roome | A |
And dress to me my hair | E |
Whaireir yee laid a plait before | E |
See yee lay ten times mair | E |
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My maids gae to my dressing room | A |
And dress to me my smock | G |
The one half is o the holland fine | A |
The other o needle work | G |
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The horse Fair Annet rade upon | A |
He amblit like the wind | B |
Wi siller he was shod before | E |
Wi burning gowd behind | B |
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Four and twanty siller bells | F |
Wer a' tyed till his mane | A |
And yae tift o the norland wind | B |
They tinkled ane by ane | A |
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Four and twanty gay gude knichts | F |
Rade by Fair Annet's side | B |
And four and twanty fair ladies | F |
As gin she had bin a bride | B |
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And whan she cam to Marie's Kirk | G |
She sat on Marie's stean | A |
The cleading that Fair Annet had on | A |
It skinkled in their een | A |
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And whan she cam into the kirk | G |
She shimmerd like the sun | A |
The belt that was about her waist | B |
Was a' wi pearles bedone | A |
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She sat her by the nut browne bride | B |
And her een they wer sae clear | E |
Lord Thomas he clean forgat the bride | B |
When Fair Annet drew near | E |
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He had a rose into his hand | B |
He gae it kisses three | A |
And reaching by the nut browne bride | B |
Laid it on Fair Annet's knee | A |
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Up then spak the nut browne bride | B |
She spak wi meikle spite | B |
And whair gat ye that rose water | E |
That does mak yee sae white | B |
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O I did get the rose water | E |
Whair ye wull neir get nane | A |
For I did get that very rose water | E |
Into my mither's wame | A |
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The bride she drew a long bodkin | A |
Frae out her gay head gear | E |
And strake Fair Annet unto the heart | B |
That word spak nevir mair | E |
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Lord Thomas he saw Fair Annet wex pale | A |
And marvelit what mote bee | A |
But when he saw her dear heart's blude | B |
A' wood wroth wexed bee | A |
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He drew his dagger that was sae sharp | H |
That was sae sharp and meet | B |
And drave it into the nut browne bride | B |
That fell deid at his feit | B |
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Now stay for me dear Annet he sed | B |
Now stay my dear he cry'd | B |
Then strake the dagger untill his heart | B |
And fell deid by her side | B |
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Lord Thomas was buried without kirk wa | I |
Fair Annet within the quiere | E |
And o the ane thair grew a birk | G |
The other a bonny briere | E |
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And ay they grew and ay they threw | E |
As they wad faine be neare | E |
And by this ye may ken right weil | A |
They were twa luvers deare | E |
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