The Jolly Beggar Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEEDDFGHIDJIFKCL LLLMMLCNN| THERE was a jolly beggar and a begging he was bound | A |
| And he took up his quarters into a landart town | B |
| Fa la la etc | C |
| He wad neither ly in barn nor yet wad he in byre | D |
| But in ahint the ha door or else afore the fire | D |
| The beggar s bed was made at een wi good clean straw and hay | E |
| And in ahint the ha door and there the beggar lay | E |
| raise the goodman s dochter and for to bar the door | D |
| And there she saw the beggar standin i the floor | D |
| He took the lassie in his arms and to the bed he ran | F |
| O hooly hooly wi me sir ye ll waken our goodman | G |
| The beggar was a cunnin loon and neer a word he spake | H |
| Until he got his turn done syne he began to crack | I |
| Is there ony dogs into this town maiden tell me true | D |
| And what wad ye do wi them my hinny and my dow | J |
| They ll rive a my mealpocks and do me meikle wrang | I |
| O dool for the doing o t are ye the poor man | F |
| Then she took up the mealpocks and flang them oer the wa | K |
| The d l gae wi the mealpocks my maidenhead and a | C |
| I took ye for some gentleman at least the Larid of Brodie | L |
| O dool for the doing o t are ye the poor bodie | L |
| took the lassie in his arms and gae her kisses three | L |
| And four and twenty hunder merk to pay the nurice fee | L |
| He took a horn frae his side and blew baith loud and shrill | M |
| And four and twenty belted knights came skipping oer the hill | M |
| And he took out his little knife loot a his duddies fa | L |
| And he was the brawest gentleman that was amang them a | C |
| The beggar was a cliver loon and he lap shoulder height | N |
| O ay for sicken quarters as I gat yesternight | N |
Anonymous Olde English
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