Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACCD EDBD FBFBFFFDG HBHBHHHDG IBIBIIIDG JBJBJJJDG KBKBKHHDG LBLBLLLD EDBD| WHILE going the road to sweet Athy | A |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| While going the road to sweet Athy | A |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| While going the road to sweet Athy | A |
| A stick in my hand and a drop in my eye | C |
| A doleful damsel I heard cry | C |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| - | |
| With drums and guns and guns and drums | E |
| The enemy nearly slew ye | D |
| My darling dear you look so queer | B |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| - | |
| Where are your eyes that looked so mild | F |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| Where are your eyes that looked so mild | F |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| Where are your eyes that looked so mild | F |
| When my poor heart you first beguiled | F |
| Why did you run from me and the child | F |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| With drums etc | G |
| - | |
| Where are the legs with which you run | H |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| Where are thy legs with which you run | H |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| Where are the legs with which you run | H |
| When first you went to carry a gun | H |
| Indeed your dancing days are done | H |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| With drums etc | G |
| - | |
| It grieved my heart to see you sail | I |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| It grieved my heart to see you sail | I |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| It grieved my heart to see you sail | I |
| Though from my heart you took leg bail | I |
| Like a cod you re doubled up head and tail | I |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| With drums etc | G |
| - | |
| You haven t an arm and you haven t a leg | J |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| You haven t an arm and you haven t a leg | J |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| You haven t an arm and you haven t a leg | J |
| You re an eyeless noseless chickenless egg | J |
| You ll have to be put with a bowl to beg | J |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| With drums etc | G |
| - | |
| I m happy for to see you home | K |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| I m happy for to see you home | K |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| I m happy for to see you home | K |
| All from the Island of Sulloon | H |
| So low in flesh so high in bone | H |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| With drums etc | G |
| - | |
| But sad it is to see you so | L |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| But sad it is to see you so | L |
| Hurroo hurroo | B |
| But sad it is to see you so | L |
| And to think of you now as an object of woe | L |
| Your Peggy ll still keep you on as her beau | L |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
| - | |
| With drums and guns and guns and drums | E |
| The enemy nearly slew ye | D |
| My darling dear you look so queer | B |
| Och Johnny I hardly knew ye | D |
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