Childe Waters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AA BBCB DED FBB BDGD BHG FIGG JDG BHB H F KDLD FDC BBB BMB FBN K F BKB FKBM FKKK KBHB KHH FBOB FHO HPHP HFHF HQHF JRF SHRH SHF KRSR KBBTK KBBTKB FBF KRFR SRF KRFR BKBK H FJ BKB KJFJ HBKB BHS KRG

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Childe Waters in his stable stoodeB
And stroakt his milke white steedeB
To him a fayre yonge ladye cameC
As ever ware womans weedeB
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Sayes 'Christ you save good Childe Waters '-
Sayes 'Christ you save and seeD
My girdle of gold that was too longeE
Is now too short for meeD
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'And all is with one childe of yoursF
I feele sturre at my sideB
My gowne of greene it is too straighteB
Before it was too wide '-
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'If the childe be mine faire Ellen ' he saydB
'Be mine as you tell meeD
Then take you Cheshire and Lancashire bothG
Take them your owne to beeD
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'If the childe be mine faire Ellen ' he saydB
'Be mine as you doe sweareH
Then take you Cheshire and Lancashire bothG
And make that childe your heyre '-
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Shee sayes 'I had rather have one kisseF
Childe Waters of thy mouthI
Than I wolde have Cheshire and Lancashire bothG
That lye by north and southeG
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'And I had rather have one twinklingJ
Childe Waters of thine eeD
Than I wolde have Cheshire and Lancashire bothG
To take them mine owne to bee '-
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'To morrowe Ellen I must forth rydeB
Farr into the north countreeH
The fayrest ladye that I can findeB
Ellen must goe with mee '-
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''Thoughe I am not that ladye fayreH
Yet let me goe with thee '-
And ever I pray you Childe WatersF
Your foot page let me bee '-
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'If you will my foot page bee EllenK
As you doe tell to meeD
Then you must cut your gowne of greeneL
An inch above your kneeD
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'Soe must you doe your yellowe lockesF
An inch above your eeD
You must tell no man what is my nameC
My foot page then you shall bee '-
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Shee all the longe daye Childe Waters rodeB
Ran barefoote by his sydeB
Yet was he never soe courteous a knighteB
To say 'Ellen will you ryde '-
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Shee all the long daye Childe Waters rodeB
Ran barefoote thorow the broomeM
Yet was hee never soe courteous a knighteB
To say 'put on your shoone '-
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'Ride softlye ' shee sayd 'O Childe WatersF
Why doe you ryde so fastB
The childe which is no mans but thineN
My bodye itt will brast '-
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Hee sayth 'Seest thou yonder water EllenK
That flows from banke to brimme '-
'I trust in God O Childe WatersF
You never will see me swimme '-
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But when shee came to the water sideB
She sayled to the chinneK
'Nowe the Lord of heaven be my speedeB
For I must learne to swimme '-
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The salt waters bare up her clothesF
Our Ladye bare up her chinneK
Childe Waters was a woeman good LordB
To see faire Ellen swimmeM
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And when shee over the water wasF
Shee then came to his kneeK
Hee sayd 'Come hither thou fayre EllenK
Loe yonder what I seeK
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'Seest thou not yonder hall EllenK
Of redd gold shines the yateB
Of twenty foure faire ladyes thereH
The fairest is my mateB
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'Seest thou not yonder hall EllenK
Of redd golde shines the towreH
There are twenty four fayre ladyes thereH
The fayrest is my paramoure '-
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'I see the hall now Childe WatersF
Of redd golde shines the yateB
God give you good now of yourselfeO
And of your worthye mateB
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'I see the hall now Childe WatersF
Of redd golde shines the towreH
God give you good now of yourselfeO
And of your paramoure '-
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There twenty four fayre ladyes wereH
A playing at the ballP
And Ellen the fayrest ladye thereH
Must bring his steed to the stallP
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There twenty four fayre ladyes wereH
A playinge at the chesseF
And Ellen the fayrest ladye thereH
Must bring his horse to gresseF
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And then bespake Childe Waters sisterH
These were the wordes sayd sheeQ
'You have the prettyest page brotherH
That ever I did seeF
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'But that his bellye it is so biggeJ
His girdle stands soe hyeR
And ever I pray you Childe WatersF
Let him in my chamber lye '-
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'It is not fit for a little foot pageS
That has run throughe mosse and myreH
To lye in the chamber of any ladyeR
That weares soe riche attyreH
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'It is more meete for a little foot pageS
That has run throughe moss and myreH
To take his supper upon his kneeF
And lye by the kitchen fyre '-
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Now when they had supped every oneK
To bedd they tooke theyr wayeR
He sayd 'Come hither my little foot pageS
And hearken what I sayeR
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'Goe thee downe into yonder towneK
And lowe into the streeteB
The fayrest ladye that thou canst findeB
Hyre in mine armes to sleepeT
And take her up in thine armes twaineK
For filing of her feete '-
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Ellen is gone into the towneK
And lowe into the streeteB
The fayrest ladye that shee colde findeB
She hyred in his armes to sleepeT
And tooke her up in her armes twaineK
For filing of her feeteB
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'I praye you nowe good Childe WatersF
Let mee lye at your feeteB
For there is noe place about this houseF
Where I may 'saye a sleepe '-
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'He gave her leave and fair EllenK
'Down at his beds feet layeR
This done the nighte drove on apaceF
And when it was neare the dayeR
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Hee sayd 'Rise up my little foot pageS
Give my steede corne and hayeR
And give him nowe the good black oatesF
To carry mee better awaye '-
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Up then rose the faire EllenK
And gave his steed corne and hayeR
And soe shee did the good black oatesF
To carry him the better awayeR
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She leaned her back to the manger sideB
And grievouslye did groaneK
She leaned her back to the manger sideB
And there shee made her moaneK
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And that beheard his mother deareH
Shee heard 'her woefull woe '-
She sayd 'Rise up thou Childe WatersF
And into thy stable goeJ
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'For in thy stable is a ghostB
That grievouslye doth groneK
Or else some woman laboures with childeB
Shee is soe woe begone '-
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Up then rose Childe Waters sooneK
And did on his shirte of silkeJ
And then he put on his other clothesF
On his bodye as white as milkeJ
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And when he came to the stable doreH
Full still there hee did standB
That hee mighte heare his fayre EllenK
Howe shee made her monandB
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She sayd 'Lullabye mine own dear childeB
Lullabye deare childe deareH
I wolde thy father were a kingeS
Thy mothere ladye on a biere '-
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'Peace nowe ' hee sayd 'good faire EllenK
Bee of good cheere I prayeR
And the bridale and the churchinge botheG
Shall bee upon one daye '-

Anonymous Olde English



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