The Battle Of Otterburn Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBAB DECF GHG IBGB GJC KJLG MNOP QJG RJRJ GJGJ RJSJ TUC RRRR VCVC WRX YGRJ ZUA2 XRB2R C2RD2R XE2F2E2 WGRJ TRZR G2JH2J H2FR XJH2J OGRG I2RHR C2RD2R T J RJH2 H2FC JTTT RTH2T

It feel about the Lammas tideA
When the muir men win their hayB
The doughty Douglas bound him to rideA
Into England to drive a preyB
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He chose the Gordons and the GraemesC
With them the Lindesays light and gayB
But the Jardines wald not with him rideA
And they rue it to this dayB
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And he has burned the dales of TyneD
And part of Bambrough shireE
And three good towers on Reidswire fellsC
He left them all on fireF
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And he marched up to NewcastleG
And rode it round aboutH
'O wha's the lord of this castleG
Or wha's the lady o't '-
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But up spake proud Lord Percy thenI
And O but he spake hieB
I am the lord of this castleG
My wife's the lady gayB
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'If thou'rt the lord of this castleG
Sae weel it pleases meJ
For ere I cross the Border fellsC
The tane of us shall die '-
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He took a lang spear in his handK
Shod with the metal freeJ
And for to meet the Douglas thereL
He rode right furiouslieG
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But O how pale his lady lookedM
Frae aff the castle waN
When down before the Scottish spearO
She saw proud Percy faP
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'Had we twa been upon the greenQ
And never an eye to seeJ
I wad hae had you flesh and fellG
But your sword sall gae wi me '-
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'The Otterbourne's a bonnie burnR
'Tis pleasant there to beJ
But there is nought at OtterbourneR
To feed my men and meJ
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'The deer rins wild on hill and daleG
The birds fly wild frae tree to treeJ
But there is neither bread nor kaleG
To fend my men and meJ
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'Yet I will stay at OtterbourneR
Where you shall welcome beJ
And if ye come not at three dayis endS
A fause lord I'll ca theeJ
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'Thither will I come ' proud Percy saidT
'By the might of Our Ladye'U
'There will I bide thee' said the DouglasC
'My troth I plight to thee '-
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They lighted high on OtterbourneR
Upon the bent sae brownR
They lighted high on OtterbourneR
And threw their pallions downR
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And he that had a bonnie boyV
Sent out his horse to grassC
And he that had not a bonnie boyV
His ain servant he wasC
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But up then spake a little pageW
Before the peep of dawnR
'O waken ye waken ye my good lordX
For Percy's hard at hand '-
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'Ye lie ye lie ye liar loudY
Sae loud I hear ye lieG
For Percy had not men yestreenR
To dight my men and meJ
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'But I have dreamed a dreary dreamZ
Beyond the Isle of SkyeU
I saw a dead man win a fightA2
And I think that man was I '-
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He belted on his guid braid swordX
And to the field he ranR
But he forgot the helmet goodB2
That should have kept his brainR
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When Percy with the Douglas metC2
I wat he was fu fainR
They swakked their swords till sair they swatD2
And the blood ran down like rainR
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But Percy with his good broad swordX
That could so sharply woundE2
has wounded Douglas on the browF2
Till he fel to the groundE2
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Then he call'd on his little foot pageW
And said Run speedilieG
And fetch my ain dear sister's sonR
Sir Hugh MontgomeryJ
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'My nephew's good ' the Douglas saidT
'What recks the death of aneR
Last night I dreamed a dreary dreamZ
And I ken the day's thy ainR
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'My wound is deep I fain would sleepG2
Take thou the vanguard of the threeJ
And hide me by the braken bushH2
That grows on yonder lilye leeJ
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'O bury me by the braken bushH2
Beneath the blooming brierF
Let never a living mortal kenR
That ere a kindly Scot lies here '-
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He lifted up that noble lordX
Wi the saut tear in his eeJ
He hid him in the braken bushH2
That his merrie men might not seeJ
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The moon was clear the day drew nearO
The spears in flinders flewG
But mony a gallant EnglishmanR
Ere day the Scotsmen slewG
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The Gordons good in English bloodI2
They steepd their hose and shoonR
The Lindsays flew like fire aboutH
Till all the fray was doneR
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The Percy and Montgomery metC2
That either of other were fainR
They swapped swords and they twa swatD2
And aye the blood ran down betweenR
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'Now yield thee yield thee Percy ' he saidT
'Or else I vow I'll lay thee low '-
'To whom must I yield ' quoth Earl PercyJ
'Now that I see it must be so '-
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'Thou shalt not yield to lord nor lounR
Nor shalt thou yield to meJ
But yeild to the braken bushH2
That grows upon yon lilye lee '-
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'I will not yield to a braken bushH2
Nor yet will I yield to a brierF
But I would yield to Earl DouglasC
Or Sir Hugh Montgomery if he were here '-
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As soon as he knew it was MontgomeryJ
He struck his sword's point in the grondeT
The Montgomery was a courteous knightT
And quickly took him by the hondeT
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This deed was done at the OtterbourneR
About the breaking of the dayT
Earl Douglas was buried at the braken bushH2
And the Percy led captive awayT

Anonymous Olde English



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