Balow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCD EFGGHID JJKKGLD MMNNDDD OOPPLLD LGQRSHD TUIHVVD| BALOW my babe lie still and sleep | A |
| It grieves me sore to see thee weep | A |
| Wouldst thou be quiet I'se be glad | B |
| Thy mourning makes my sorrow sad | B |
| Balow my boy thy mother's joy | C |
| Thy father breeds me great annoy | C |
| Balow la low | D |
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| When he began to court my love | E |
| And with his sugred words me move | F |
| His faynings false and flattering cheer | G |
| To me that time did not appear | G |
| But now I see most cruellye | H |
| He cares ne for my babe nor me | I |
| Balow la low | D |
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| Lie still my darling sleep awhile | J |
| And when thou wak'st thoo'le sweetly smile | J |
| But smile not as thy father did | K |
| To cozen maids nay God forbid | K |
| But yet I fear thou wilt go near | G |
| Thy father's heart and face to bear | L |
| Balow la low | D |
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| I cannot choose but ever will | M |
| Be loving to thy father still | M |
| Where'er he go where'er he ride | N |
| My love with him doth still abide | N |
| In weal or woe where'er he go | D |
| My heart shall ne'er depart him fro | D |
| Balow la low | D |
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| But do not do not pretty mine | O |
| To faynings false thy heart incline | O |
| Be loyal to thy lover true | P |
| And never change her for a new | P |
| If good or fair of her have care | L |
| For women's banning 's wondrous sare | L |
| Balow la low | D |
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| Bairn by thy face I will beware | L |
| Like Sirens' words I'll come not near | G |
| My babe and I together will live | Q |
| He'll comfort me when cares do grieve | R |
| My babe and I right soft will lie | S |
| And ne'er respect man's crueltye | H |
| Balow la low | D |
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| Farewell farewell the falsest youth | T |
| That ever kist a woman's mouth | U |
| I wish all maids be warn'd by me | I |
| Never to trust man's curtesye | H |
| For if we do but chance to bow | V |
| They'll use us then they care not how | V |
| Balow la low | D |
Anonymous Olde English
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