Love Gregor; Or, The Lass Of Lochroyan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCAC DEFE BCAC DEFE GAHA GEIE JCKC LFCF MFDF FCNC NAKA KAOA HFJF PFCF HQLQ FFAF FAHA RCKC KFSF FCHA CDCD ACAC AAAA PDAD DFCF NDTD NFTF DCDAChild Part III p | A |
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O wha will shoe my fu' fair foot | B |
And wha will glove my hand | C |
And wha will lace my middle jimp | A |
Wi' the new made London band | C |
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And wha will kaim my yellow hair | D |
Wi' the new made silver kaim | E |
And wha will father my young son | F |
Till Love Gregor come hame | E |
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Your father will shoe your fu' fair foot | B |
Your mother will glove your hand | C |
Your sister will lace your middle jimp | A |
Wi' the new made London band | C |
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Your brother will kaim your yellow hair | D |
Wi' the new made silver kaim | E |
And the king of heaven will father your bairn | F |
Till Love Gregor come haim | E |
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But I will get a bonny boat | G |
And I will sail the sea | A |
For I maun gang to Love Gregor | H |
Since he canno come hame to me | A |
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O she has gotten a bonny boat | G |
And sailld the sa't sea fame | E |
She langd to see her ain true love | I |
Since he could no come hame | E |
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O row your boat my mariners | J |
And bring me to the land | C |
For yonder I see my love's castle | K |
Close by the sa't sea strand | C |
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She has ta'en her young son in her arms | L |
And to the door she's gone | F |
And lang she's knocked and sair she ca'd | C |
But answer got she none | F |
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O open the door Love Gregor she says | M |
O open and let me in | F |
For the wind blaws thro' my yellow hair | D |
And the rain draps o'er my chin | F |
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Awa awa ye ill woman | F |
You'r nae come here for good | C |
You'r but some witch or wile warlock | N |
Or mer maid of the flood | C |
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I am neither a witch nor a wile warlock | N |
Nor mer maid of the sea | A |
I am Fair Annie of Rough Royal | K |
O open the door to me | A |
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Gin ye be Annie of Rough Royal | K |
And I trust ye are not she | A |
Now tell me some of the love tokens | O |
That past between you and me | A |
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O dinna you mind now Love Gregor | H |
When we sat at the wine | F |
How we changed the rings frae our fingers | J |
And I can show thee thine | F |
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O yours was good and good enough | P |
But ay the best was mine | F |
For yours was o' the good red goud | C |
But mine o' the diamonds fine | F |
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But open the door now Love Gregor | H |
O open the door I pray | Q |
For your young son that is in my arms | L |
Will be dead ere it be day | Q |
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Awa awa ye ill woman | F |
For here ye shanno win in | F |
Gae drown ye in the raging sea | A |
Or hang on the gallows pin | F |
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When the cock had crawn and day did dawn | F |
And the sun began to peep | A |
Then up he rose him Love Gregor | H |
And sair sair did he weep | A |
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O I dreamd a dream my mother dear | R |
The thoughts o' it gars me greet | C |
That Fair Annie of Rough Royal | K |
Lay cauld dead at my feet | C |
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Gin it be for Annie of Rough Royal | K |
That ye make a' this din | F |
She stood a' last night at this door | S |
But I trow she wan no in | F |
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O wae betide ye ill woman | F |
An ill dead may ye die | C |
That ye woudno open the door to her | H |
Nor yet woud waken me | A |
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O he has gone down to yon shore side | C |
As fast as he could fare | D |
He saw Fair Annie in her boat | C |
But the wind it tossd her sair | D |
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And Hey Annie and How Annie | A |
O Annie winna ye bide | C |
But ay the mair that he cried Annie | A |
The braider grew the tide | C |
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And Hey Annie and How Annie | A |
Dear Annie speak to me | A |
But ay the louder he cried Annie | A |
The louder roard the sea | A |
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The wind blew loud the sea grew rough | P |
And dashd the boat on shore | D |
Fair Annie floats on the raging sea | A |
But her young son rose no more | D |
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Love Gregor tare his yellow hair | D |
And made a heavy moan | F |
Fair Annie's corpse lay at his feet | C |
But his bonny young son was gone | F |
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O cherry cherry was her cheek | N |
And gowden was her hair | D |
But clay cold were her rosey lips | T |
Nae spark of life was there | D |
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And first he's kissd her cherry cheek | N |
And neist he's kissed her chin | F |
And saftly pressd her rosey lips | T |
But there was nae breath within | F |
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O wae betide my cruel mother | D |
And an ill dead may she die | C |
For she turnd my true love frae my door | D |
When she came sae far to me | A |
Andrew Lang
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