Poet Andrew Lang

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The Wife Of Usher's Well Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFGF ECGC HICI HJCJ KKHG HBLB MNON JPMP HQMP RNHN SSHS

Child vol iiiA
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There lived a wife at Usher's WellB
And a wealthy wife was sheC
She had three stout and stalwart sonsD
And sent them oer the seaC
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They hadna been a week from herE
A week but barely aneF
When word came to the carline wifeG
That her three sons were ganeF
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They hadna been a week from herE
A week but barely threeC
Whan word came to the carlin wifeG
That her sons she'd never seeC
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I wish the wind may never ceaseH
Nor fashes in the floodI
Till my three sons come hame to meC
In earthly flesh and bloodI
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It fell about the MartinmassH
Whan nights are lang and mirkJ
The carline wife's three sons came hameC
And their hats were o the birkJ
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It neither grew in syke nor ditchK
Nor yet in ony sheughK
But at the gates o ParadiseH
That birk grew fair eneughG
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Blow up the fire my maidensH
Bring water from the wellB
For a' my house shall feast this nightL
Since my three sons are wellB
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And she has made to them a bedM
She's made it large and wideN
And she's taen her mantle her aboutO
Sat down at the bedsideN
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Up then crew the red red cockJ
And up and crew the grayP
The eldest to the youngest saidM
'Tis time we were awayP
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The cock he hadna crawd but onceH
And clapp'd his wings at a'Q
Whan the youngest to the eldest saidM
Brother we must awaP
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The cock doth craw the day doth dawR
The channerin worm doth chideN
Gin we be mist out o our placeH
A sair pain we maun bideN
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Fare ye weel my mother dearS
Fareweel to barn and byreS
And fare ye weel the bonny lassH
That kindles my mother's fireS

Andrew Lang



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