The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF GHIF JFKF CFLF KFKF KFKF MFKF MFNF OHEF PFDF QQQQ LFMF RFLF JFSF TFEF TFUF| Child Part III Early Edition | A |
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| Late at e'en drinking the wine | B |
| And ere they paid the lawing | C |
| They set a combat them between | D |
| To fight it in the dawing | C |
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| Oh stay at hame my noble lord | E |
| Oh stay at hame my marrow | F |
| My cruel brother will you betray | G |
| On the dowie houms of Yarrow | F |
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| Oh fare ye weel my ladye gaye | G |
| Oh fare ye weel my Sarah | H |
| For I maun gae though I ne'er return | I |
| Frae the dowie banks of Yarrow | F |
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| She kiss'd his cheek she kaim'd his hair | J |
| As oft she had done before O | F |
| She belted him with his noble brand | K |
| And he's away to Yarrow | F |
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| As he gaed up the Tennies bank | C |
| I wot he gaed wi' sorrow | F |
| Till down in a den he spied nine arm'd men | L |
| On the dowie houms of Yarrow | F |
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| Oh come ye here to part your land | K |
| The bonnie Forest thorough | F |
| Or come ye here to wield your brand | K |
| On the dowie houms of Yarrow | F |
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| I come not here to part my land | K |
| And neither to beg nor borrow | F |
| I come to wield my noble brand | K |
| On the bonnie banks of Yarrow | F |
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| If I see all ye're nine to ane | M |
| An that's an unequal marrow | F |
| Yet will I fight while lasts my brand | K |
| On the bonnie banks of Yarrow | F |
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| Four has he hurt and five has slain | M |
| On the bloody braes of Yarrow | F |
| Till that stubborn knight came him behind | N |
| And ran his body thorough | F |
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| Gae hame gae hame good brother John | O |
| And tell your sister Sarah | H |
| To come and lift her leafu' lord | E |
| He's sleepin' sound on Yarrow | F |
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| Yestreen I dream'd a dolefu' dream | P |
| I fear there will be sorrow | F |
| I dream'd I pu'd the heather green | D |
| Wi' my true love on Yarrow | F |
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| O gentle wind that bloweth south | Q |
| From where my love repaireth | Q |
| Convey a kiss from his dear mouth | Q |
| And tell me how he fareth | Q |
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| But in the glen strive armed men | L |
| They've wrought me dole and sorrow | F |
| They've slain the comeliest knight they've slain | M |
| He bleeding lies on Yarrow | F |
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| As she sped down yon high high hill | R |
| She gaed wi' dole and sorrow | F |
| And in the den spied ten slain men | L |
| On the dowie banks of Yarrow | F |
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| She kiss'd his cheek she kaim'd his hair | J |
| She search'd his wounds all thorough | F |
| She kiss'd them till her lips grew red | S |
| On the dowie houms of Yarrow | F |
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| Now haud your tongue my daughter dear | T |
| For a' this breeds but sorrow | F |
| I'll wed ye to a better lord | E |
| Than him ye lost on Yarrow | F |
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| Oh haud your tongue my father dear | T |
| Ye mind me but of sorrow | F |
| A fairer rose did never bloom | U |
| Than now lies cropp'd on Yarrow | F |
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