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Rose The Red And White Lily Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Child Part IV	A
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O Rose the Red and White Lilly	B
Their mother dear was dead	C
And their father married an ill woman	D
Wishd them twa little guede	C
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Yet she had twa as fu fair sons	E
As eer brake manis bread	C
And the tane of them loed her White Lilly	B
And the tither lood Rose the Red	C
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O biggit ha they a bigly bowr	F
And strawn it oer wi san	G
And there was mair mirth i the ladies' bowr	F
Than in a' their father's lan	G
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But out it spake their step mother	F
Wha stood a little foreby	H
I hope to live and play the prank	I
Sal gar your loud sang ly	J
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She's calld upon her eldest son	D
Come here my son to me	B
It fears me sair my eldest son	D
That ye maun sail the sea	B
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Gin it fear you sair my mither dear	F
Your bidding I maun dee	B
But be never war to Rose the Red	C
Than ye ha been to me	B
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O had your tongue my eldest son	D
For sma sal be her part	C
You'll nae get a kiss o her comely mouth	K
Gin your very fair heart should break	L
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She's calld upon her youngest son	D
Come here my son to me	B
It fears me sair my youngest son	D
That ye maun sail the sea	B
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Gin it fear you sair my mither dear	F
Your bidding I maun dee	B
But be never war to White Lilly	B
Than ye ha been to me	B
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O haud your tongue my youngest son	D
For sma sall be her part	C
You'll neer get a kiss o her comely mouth	K
Tho your very fair heart should break	L
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When Rose the Red and White Lilly	B
Saw their twa loves were gane	D
Then stopped ha they their loud loud sang	M
And tane up the still moarnin	D
And their step mother stood listnin by	J
To hear the ladies' mean	D
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Then out it spake her White Lily	B
My sister we'll be gane	D
Why shou'd we stay in Barnsdale	B
To waste our youth in pain	D
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Then cutted ha they their green cloathing	M
A little below their knee	D
And sae ha they their yallow hair	F
A little aboon there bree	D
And they've doen them to haely chapel	B
Was christened by Our Ladye	N
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There ha they changed their ain twa names	O
Sae far frae ony town	D
And the tane o them hight Sweet Willy	D
And the tither o them Roge the Roun	D
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Between this twa a vow was made	C
An they sware it to fulfil	D
That at three blasts o a buglehorn	D
She'd come her sister till	D
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Now Sweet Willy's gane to the kingis court	C
Her true love for to see	D
And Roge the Roun to good green wood	C
Brown Robin's man to be	D
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As it fell out upon a day	C
They a did put the stane	D
Full seven foot ayont them a	P
She gard the puttin stane gang	M
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She leand her back against an oak	M
And gae a loud Ohone	D
Then out it spake him Brown Robin	D
But that's a woman's moan	D
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Oh ken ye by my red rose lip	Q
Or by my yallow hair	F
Or ken ye by my milk white breast	C
For ye never saw it bare	F
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I ken no by your red rose lip	Q
Nor by your yallow hair	F
Nor ken I by your milk white breast	C
For I never saw it bare	F
But come to your bowr whaever sae likes	R
Will find a ladye there	F
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Oh gin ye come to my bowr within	D
Thro fraud deceit or guile	D
Wi this same bran that's in my han	D
I swear I will thee kill	D
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But I will come thy bowr within	D
An spear nae leave quoth he	D
An this same bran that's i my ban	D
I sall ware back on the	P
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About the tenth hour of the night	C
The ladie's bowr door was broken	D
An eer the first hour of the day	C
The bonny knave bairn was gotten	D
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When days were gane and months were run	D
The ladye took travailing	M
And sair she cry'd for a bow'r woman	D
For to wait her upon	D
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Then out it spake him Brown Robin	D
Now what needs a' this din	D
For what coud any woman do	C
But I coud do the same	S
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Twas never my mither's fashion she says	T
Nor sall it ever be mine	D
That belted knights shoud eer remain	D
Where ladies dreed their pine	D
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But ye take up that bugle horn	D
An blaw a blast for me	D
I ha a brother i the kingis court	C
Will come me quickly ti	D
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O gin ye ha a brither on earth	U
That ye love better nor me	D
Ye blaw the horn yoursel he says	T
For ae blast I winna gie	V
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She's set the horn till her mouth	K
And she's blawn three blasts sae shrill	D
Sweet Willy heard i the kingis court	C
And came her quickly till	D
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Then up it started Brown Robin	D
An an angry man was he	D
There comes nae man this bowr within	D
But first must fight wi me	D
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O they hae fought that bowr within	D
Till the sun was gaing down	D
Till drops o blude frae Rose the Red	C
Cam trailing to the groun	D
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She leand her back against the wa	W
Says Robin let a' be	D
For it is a lady born and bred	C
That's foughten sae well wi thee	D
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O seven foot he lap a back	M
Says Alas and wae is me	D
I never wisht in a' my life	A
A woman's blude to see	D
An ae for the sake of ae fair maid	C
Whose name was White Lilly	D
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Then out it spake her White Lilly	D
An a hearty laugh laugh she	D
She's lived wi you this year an mair	F
Tho ye kenntna it was she	D
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Now word has gane thro a' the lan	D
Before a month was done	D
That Brown Robin's man in good green wood	C
Had born a bonny young son	D
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The word has gane to the kingis court	C
An to the king himsel	D
Now by my fay the king could say	C
The like was never heard tell	D
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Then out it spake him Bold Arthur	F
An a hearty laugh laugh he	D
I trow some may has playd the loun	D
And fled her ain country	D
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Bring me my steed then cry'd the king	M
My bow and arrows keen	D
I'll ride mysel to good green wood	C
An see what's to be seen	D
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An't please your grace said Bold Arthur	F
My liege I'll gang you wi	W
An try to fin a little foot page	V
That's strayd awa frae me	D
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O they've hunted i the good green wood	C
The buck but an the rae	C
An they drew near Brown Robin's bowr	C
About the close of day	C
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Then out it spake the king in hast	C
Says Arthur look an see	D
Gin that be no your little foot page	V
That leans against yon tree	D
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Then Arthur took his bugle horn	D
An blew a blast sae shrill	D
Sweet Willy started at the sound	C
An ran him quickly till	D
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O wanted ye your meat Willy	D
Or wanted ye your fee	D
Or gat ye ever an angry word	C
That ye ran awa frae me	D
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I wanted nought my master dear	C
To me ye ay was good	C
I came but to see my ae brother	C
That wons in this green wood	C
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Then out it spake the king again	D
Says Bonny boy tell to me	D
Wha lives into yon bigly bowr	C
Stands by yon green oak tree	C
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Oh pardon me says Sweet Willie	C
My liege I dare no tell	D
An I pray you go no near that bowr	C
For fear they do you fell	D
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Oh haud your tongue my bonny boy	H
For I winna be said nay	C
But I will gang that bowr within	D
Betide me weal or wae	W
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They've lighted off their milk white steeds	X
An saftly enterd in	D
And there they saw her White Lilly	C
Nursing her bonny young son	D
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Now by the rood the king coud say	C
This is a comely sight	C
I trow instead of a forrester's man	D
This is a lady bright	C
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Then out it spake her Rose the Red	C
An fell low down on her knee	C
Oh pardon us my gracious liege	V
An our story I'll tell thee	C
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Our father was a wealthy lord	C
That wond in Barnsdale	C
But we had a wicked step mother	C
That wrought us meickle bale	C
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Yet she had twa as fu fair sons	E
As ever the sun did see	C
An the tane of them lood my sister dear	C
An the tother said he lood me	C
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Then out it spake him Bold Arthur	C
As by the king he stood	C
Now by the faith o my body	C
This shoud be Rose the Red	C
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Then in it came him Brown Robin	D
Frae hunting O the deer	C
But whan he saw the king was there	C
He started back for fear	C
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The king has taen him by the hand	C
An bide him naithing dread	C
Says Ye maun leave the good greenwood	C
Come to the court wi speed	C
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Then up he took White Lilly's son	D
An set him on his knee	C
Says Gin ye live to wield a bran	D
My bowman ye sall bee	C
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The king he sent for robes of green	D
An girdles o shinning gold	C
He gart the ladies be arrayd	C
Most comely to behold	C
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They've done them unto Mary kirk	M
An there gat fair wedding	M
An fan the news spread oer the lan	D
For joy the bells did ring	M
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Then out it spake her Rose the Red	C
An a hearty laugh laugh she	C
I wonder what would our step dame say	C
Gin she his sight did see	C