Waly, Waly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BACDDEDE EFCCCGDG CEDEHEIE HJEEFECE CFCFFEEE| Mackay | A |
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| O waly waly up the bank | B |
| O waly waly down the brae | A |
| And waly waly yon burn side | C |
| Where I and my love wont to gae | D |
| I leaned my back unto an aik | D |
| An' thocht it was a trustie tree | E |
| But first it bow'd and syne it brak | D |
| Sae my true love did lichtly me | E |
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| O waly waly but love is bonnie | E |
| A little time while it is new | F |
| But when it's auld it waxes cauld | C |
| And fades away like morning dew | C |
| O wherefore should I busk my head | C |
| O wherefore should I kame my hair | G |
| For my true love has me forsook | D |
| And says he'll never love me mair | G |
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| Now Arthur's Seat shall be my bed | C |
| The sheets shall ne'er be pressed by me | E |
| St Anton's well shall be my drink | D |
| Since my true love has forsaken me | E |
| Martinmas wind when wilt thou blaw | H |
| And shake the green leaves off the tree | E |
| O gentle Death when wilt thou come | I |
| For of my life I am wearie | E |
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| 'Tis not the frost that freezes fell | H |
| Nor blawing snaw's inclemencie | J |
| 'Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry | E |
| But my love's heart's grown cauld to me | E |
| When we came in by Glasgow toun | F |
| We were a comely sicht to see | E |
| My love was clad in the black velvet | C |
| And I mysel in cramasie | E |
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| But had I wist before I kist | C |
| That love had been sae ill to win | F |
| I'd locked my heart in a case of gold | C |
| And pinned it wi' a siller pin | F |
| Oh oh if my young babe were born | F |
| And set upon the nurse's knee | E |
| And I myself were dead and gane | E |
| And the green grass growing over me | E |
Andrew Lang
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