The Laird Of Waristoun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC DEFG HIII JKCL MIEI HINI MOPQ RSTS KIUI CISI VIWQ| Child vol iii Early Edition | A |
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| Down by yon garden green | B |
| Sae merrily as she gaes | C |
| She has twa weel made feet | D |
| And she trips upon her taes | C |
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| She has twa weel made feet | D |
| Far better is her hand | E |
| She's as jimp in the middle | F |
| As ony willow wand | G |
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| Gif ye will do my bidding | H |
| At my bidding for to be | I |
| It's I will make you lady | I |
| Of a' the lands you see | I |
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| He spak a word in jest | J |
| Her answer was na good | K |
| He threw a plate at her face | C |
| Made it a' gush out o' blood | L |
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| She wasna frae her chamber | M |
| A step but barely three | I |
| When up and at her richt hand | E |
| There stood Man's Enemy | I |
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| Gif ye will do my bidding | H |
| At my bidding for to be | I |
| I'll learn you a wile | N |
| Avenged for to be | I |
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| The foul thief knotted the tether | M |
| She lifted his head on hie | O |
| The nourice drew the knot | P |
| That gar'd lord Waristoun die | Q |
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| Then word is gane to Leith | R |
| Also to Edinburgh town | S |
| That the lady had kill'd the laird | T |
| The laird o' Waristoun | S |
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| Tak aff tak aff my hood | K |
| But lat my petticoat be | I |
| Pat my mantle o'er my head | U |
| For the fire I downa see | I |
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| Now a' ye gentle maids | C |
| Tak warning now by me | I |
| And never marry ane | S |
| But wha pleases your e'e | I |
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| For he married me for love | V |
| But I married him for fee | I |
| And sae brak out the feud | W |
| That gar'd my dearie die | Q |
Andrew Lang
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