The Braes O' Yarrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEDGHE IGJ KGLG BGMG BGL BGLG NGH NGOG PGD QGIG RGC RGS TGBG UGVG RGD RGF KGBGLate at e'en drinking the wine | A |
And ere they paid the lawing | B |
They set a combat them between | C |
To fight it in the dawing | B |
'What though ye be my sister's lord | D |
We'll cross our swords to morrow ' | E |
'What though my wife your sister be | F |
I'll meet ye then on Yarrow ' | E |
'O stay at hame my ain gude lord | D |
O stay my ain dear marrow | G |
My cruel brither will you betray | H |
On the dowie banks of Yarrow ' | E |
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'O fare ye weel my lady dear | I |
And put aside your sorrow | G |
For if I gae I'll sune return | J |
Frae the bonny banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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She kiss'd his cheek she kaimed his hair | K |
As oft she'd done before O | G |
She belted him with his gude brand | L |
And he's awa' to Yarrow | G |
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When he gaed up the Tennies bank | B |
As he gaed mony a morrow | G |
Nine armed men lay in a den | M |
On the dowie braes o' Yarrow | G |
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'O come ye here to hunt or hawk | B |
The bonny Forest thorough | G |
Or come ye here to wield your brand | L |
Upon the banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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'I come not here to hunt or hawk | B |
As oft I've dune before O | G |
But I come here to wield my brand | L |
Upon the banks o' Yarrow | G |
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'If ye attack me nine to ane | N |
That God may send ye sorrow | G |
Yet will I fight while stand I may | H |
On the bonny banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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Two has he hurt and three has slain | N |
On the bloody braes o' Yarrow | G |
But the stubborn knight crept in behind | O |
And pierced his body thorough | G |
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'Gae hame gae hame you brither John | P |
And tell your sister sorrow | G |
To come and lift her leafu' lord | D |
On the dowie banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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Her brither John gaed ower the hill | Q |
As oft he'd dune before O | G |
There he met his sister dear | I |
Cam' rinnin' fast to Yarrow | G |
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'I dreamt a dream last night ' she says | R |
'I wish it binna sorrow | G |
I dreamt I pu'd the heather green | C |
Wi' my true love on Yarrow ' | - |
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'I'll read your dream sister ' he says | R |
'I'll read it into sorrow | G |
Ye're bidden go take up your love | S |
He's sleeping sound on Yarrow ' | - |
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She's torn the ribbons frae her head | T |
That were baith braid and narrow | G |
She's kilted up her lang claithing | B |
And she's awa' to Yarrow | G |
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She's ta'en him in her arms twa | U |
And gi'en him kisses thorough | G |
She sought to bind his many wounds | V |
But he lay dead on Yarrow | G |
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'O haud your tongue ' her father says | R |
'And let be a' your sorrow | G |
I'll wed you to a better lord | D |
Than him you lost on Yarrow ' | - |
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'O haud your tongue father ' she says | R |
'Far warse ye make my sorrow | G |
A better lord could never be | F |
Than him that lies on Yarrow ' | - |
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She kiss'd his lips she kaimed his hair | K |
As aft she'd dune before O | G |
And there with grief her heart did break | B |
Upon the banks o' Yarrow | G |
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