Sir Hugh; Or The Jew's Daughter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI J J KFJ LMCN OPHP QNQN RSTS UVLL IWLW HSC XYL VYLY LULUHLFour and twenty bonny boys | A |
Were playing at the ba | B |
And by it came him sweet Sir Hugh | C |
And he playd o'er them a' | D |
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He kickd the ba with his right foot | E |
And catchd it wi his knee | F |
And throuch and thro the Jew's window | G |
He gard the bonny ba flee | F |
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He's doen him to the Jew's castell | H |
And walkd it round about | I |
And there he saw the Jew's daughter | J |
At the window looking out | I |
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'Throw down the ba ye Jew's daughter | J |
Throw down the ba to me ' | - |
'Never a bit ' says the Jew's daughter | J |
'Till up to me come ye ' | - |
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'How will I come up How can I come up | K |
How can I come to thee | F |
For as ye did to my auld father | J |
The same ye'll do to me ' | - |
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She's gane till her father's garden | L |
And pu'd an apple red and green | M |
'Twas a' to wyle him sweet Sir Hugh | C |
And to entice him in | N |
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She's led him in through ae dark door | O |
And sae has she thro nine | P |
She's laid him on a dressing table | H |
And stickit him like a swine | P |
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And first came out the thick thick blood | Q |
And syne came out the thin | N |
And syne came out the bonny heart's blood | Q |
There was nae mair within | N |
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She's rowd him in a cake o lead | R |
Bade him lie still and sleep | S |
She's thrown him in Our Lady's draw well | T |
Was fifty fathom deep | S |
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When bells were rung and mass was sung | U |
And a' the bairns came hame | V |
When every lady gat hame her son | L |
The Lady Maisry gat nane | L |
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She's taen her mantle her about | I |
Her coffer by the hand | W |
And she's gane out to seek her son | L |
And wandered o'er the land | W |
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She's doen her to the Jew's castell | H |
Where a' were fast asleep | S |
'Gin ye be there my sweet Sir Hugh | C |
I pray you to me speak ' | - |
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'Gae hame gae hame my mither dear | X |
Prepare my winding sheet | Y |
And at the back o merry Lincoln | L |
The morn I will you meet ' | - |
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Now Lady Maisry is gane hame | V |
Make him a winding sheet | Y |
And at the back o merry Lincoln | L |
The dead corpse did her meet | Y |
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And a the bells o merry Lincoln | L |
Without men's hands were rung | U |
And a' the books o merry Lincoln | L |
Were read without man's tongue | U |
And neer was such a burial | H |
Sin Adam's days begun | L |
Andrew Lang
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