Waly, Waly. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEDEEFCCCGDG CEDEHEIE HJEEFECE CFCFFEEE| O Waly waly up the bank | A |
| O wary waly doun the brae | B |
| And waly waly yon burn side | C |
| Where I and my love wer wont to gae | D |
| I lean'd my back unto an aik | D |
| I thocht it was a trustie tree | E |
| But first it bow'd and syne it brak' | D |
| Sae my true love did lichtlie me | E |
| O waly waly but love be bonnie | E |
| A little time while it is new | F |
| But when its auld it waxeth cauld | C |
| And fadeth awa' like the morning dew | C |
| O wherefore should I busk my heid | C |
| Or wherefore should I kame my hair | G |
| For my true love has me forsook | D |
| And says he'll never lo'e me mair | G |
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| Noo Arthur's seat sall be my bed | C |
| The sheets sall neir be press'd by me | E |
| Saint Anton's well sall be my drink | D |
| Since my true love's 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 grown cauld to me | E |
| Whan we cam' in by Glasgow toun | F |
| We were a comely sicht to see | E |
| My love was clad in the black velvet | C |
| An' I mysel' in cramasie | E |
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| But had I wist before I kiss'd | C |
| That love had been so ill to win | F |
| I'd lock'd my heart in a case o' goud | C |
| And pinn'd 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 mysel' were dead and gane | E |
| And the green grass growing over me | E |
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