The Bonny Hind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE BFDF GGHG GIJK LJLK GFGF GJLK GFLF MFJF NOGO LJLJ HFGF JNPN GFJF JNGN GFJF LFJF| Child vol ii | A |
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| O May she comes and may she goes | B |
| Down by yon gardens green | C |
| And there she spied a gallant squire | D |
| As squire had ever been | E |
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| And may she comes and may she goes | B |
| Down by yon hollin tree | F |
| And there she spied a brisk young squire | D |
| And a brisk young squire was he | F |
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| Give me your green manteel fair maid | G |
| Give me your maidenhead | G |
| Gif ye winna gie me your green manteel | H |
| Gi me your maidenhead | G |
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| He has taen her by the milk white hand | G |
| And softly laid her down | I |
| And when he's lifted her up again | J |
| Given her a silver kaim | K |
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| Perhaps there may be bairns kind sir | L |
| Perhaps there may be nane | J |
| But if you be a courtier | L |
| You'll tell to me your name | K |
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| I am na courtier fair maid | G |
| But new come frae the sea | F |
| I am nae courtier fair maid | G |
| But when I court'ith thee | F |
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| They call me Jack when I'm abroad | G |
| Sometimes they call me John | J |
| But when I'm in my father's bower | L |
| Jock Randal is my name | K |
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| Ye lee ye lee ye bonny lad | G |
| Sae loud's I hear ye lee | F |
| For I'm Lord Randal's yae daughter | L |
| He has nae mair nor me | F |
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| Ye lee ye lee ye bonny may | M |
| Sae loud's I hear ye lee | F |
| For I'm Lord Randal's yae yae son | J |
| Just now come oer the sea | F |
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| She's putten her hand down by her spare | N |
| And out she's taen a knife | O |
| And she has putn't in her heart's bluid | G |
| And taen away her life | O |
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| And he's taen up his bonny sister | L |
| With the big tear in his een | J |
| And he has buried his bonny sister | L |
| Amang the hollins green | J |
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| And syne he's hyed him oer the dale | H |
| His father dear to see | F |
| Sing O and O for my bonny hind | G |
| Beneath yon hollin tree | F |
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| What needs you care for your bonny hyn | J |
| For it you needna care | N |
| There's aught score hyns in yonder park | P |
| And five score hyns to spare | N |
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| Fourscore of them are siller shod | G |
| Of thae ye may get three | F |
| But O and O for my bonny hyn | J |
| Beneath yon hollin tree | F |
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| What needs you care for your bonny hyn | J |
| For it you needna care | N |
| Take you the best gi me the warst | G |
| Since plenty is to spare | N |
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| I care na for your hyns my lord | G |
| I care na for your fee | F |
| But O and O for my bonny hyn | J |
| Beneath the hollin tree | F |
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| O were ye at your sister's bower | L |
| Your sister fair to see | F |
| Ye'll think na mair o your bonny hyn | J |
| Beneath the hollin tree | F |
Andrew Lang
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