The Elphin Nourrice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC BDDD CCDEFG DEDE HEDE HDCD| C K Sharpe | A |
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| I heard a cow low a bonnie cow low | B |
| An' a cow low down in yon glen | C |
| Lang lang will my young son greet | D |
| Or his mither bid him come ben | C |
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| I heard a cow low a bonnie cow low | B |
| An' a cow low down in yon fauld | D |
| Lang lang will my young son greet | D |
| Or is mither take him frae cauld | D |
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| Waken Queen of Elfan | C |
| An hear your Nourrice moan | C |
| O moan ye for your meat | D |
| Or moan ye for your fee | E |
| Or moan ye for the ither bounties | F |
| That ladies are wont to gie | G |
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| I moan na for my meat | D |
| Nor yet for my fee | E |
| But I mourn for Christened land | D |
| It's there I fain would be | E |
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| O nurse my bairn Nourice she says | H |
| Till he stan' at your knee | E |
| An' ye's win hame to Christen land | D |
| Whar fain it's ye wad be | E |
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| O keep my bairn Nourice | H |
| Till he gang by the hauld | D |
| An' ye's win hame to your young son | C |
| Ye left in four nights auld | D |
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