The Braes O' Yarrow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFEDGHE IGJ KGLG BGMG BGL BGLG NGH NGOG PGD QGIG RGC RGS TGBG UGVG RGD RGF KGBG| Late at e'en drinking the wine | A |
| And ere they paid the lawing | B |
| They set a combat them between | C |
| To fight it in the dawing | B |
| 'What though ye be my sister's lord | D |
| We'll cross our swords to morrow ' | E |
| 'What though my wife your sister be | F |
| I'll meet ye then on Yarrow ' | E |
| 'O stay at hame my ain gude lord | D |
| O stay my ain dear marrow | G |
| My cruel brither will you betray | H |
| On the dowie banks of Yarrow ' | E |
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| 'O fare ye weel my lady dear | I |
| And put aside your sorrow | G |
| For if I gae I'll sune return | J |
| Frae the bonny banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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| She kiss'd his cheek she kaimed his hair | K |
| As oft she'd done before O | G |
| She belted him with his gude brand | L |
| And he's awa' to Yarrow | G |
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| When he gaed up the Tennies bank | B |
| As he gaed mony a morrow | G |
| Nine armed men lay in a den | M |
| On the dowie braes o' Yarrow | G |
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| 'O come ye here to hunt or hawk | B |
| The bonny Forest thorough | G |
| Or come ye here to wield your brand | L |
| Upon the banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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| 'I come not here to hunt or hawk | B |
| As oft I've dune before O | G |
| But I come here to wield my brand | L |
| Upon the banks o' Yarrow | G |
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| 'If ye attack me nine to ane | N |
| That God may send ye sorrow | G |
| Yet will I fight while stand I may | H |
| On the bonny banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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| Two has he hurt and three has slain | N |
| On the bloody braes o' Yarrow | G |
| But the stubborn knight crept in behind | O |
| And pierced his body thorough | G |
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| 'Gae hame gae hame you brither John | P |
| And tell your sister sorrow | G |
| To come and lift her leafu' lord | D |
| On the dowie banks o' Yarrow ' | - |
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| Her brither John gaed ower the hill | Q |
| As oft he'd dune before O | G |
| There he met his sister dear | I |
| Cam' rinnin' fast to Yarrow | G |
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| 'I dreamt a dream last night ' she says | R |
| 'I wish it binna sorrow | G |
| I dreamt I pu'd the heather green | C |
| Wi' my true love on Yarrow ' | - |
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| 'I'll read your dream sister ' he says | R |
| 'I'll read it into sorrow | G |
| Ye're bidden go take up your love | S |
| He's sleeping sound on Yarrow ' | - |
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| She's torn the ribbons frae her head | T |
| That were baith braid and narrow | G |
| She's kilted up her lang claithing | B |
| And she's awa' to Yarrow | G |
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| She's ta'en him in her arms twa | U |
| And gi'en him kisses thorough | G |
| She sought to bind his many wounds | V |
| But he lay dead on Yarrow | G |
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| 'O haud your tongue ' her father says | R |
| 'And let be a' your sorrow | G |
| I'll wed you to a better lord | D |
| Than him you lost on Yarrow ' | - |
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| 'O haud your tongue father ' she says | R |
| 'Far warse ye make my sorrow | G |
| A better lord could never be | F |
| Than him that lies on Yarrow ' | - |
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| She kiss'd his lips she kaimed his hair | K |
| As aft she'd dune before O | G |
| And there with grief her heart did break | B |
| Upon the banks o' Yarrow | G |
Anonymous Olde English
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