Waly, Waly, Love Be Bonny. A Scottish Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEDE EFCCCGDG CEDEHEIE HJEEKECE CLCLMEEE| O waly waly up the bank | A |
| And waly waly down the brae | B |
| And waly waly yon burn side | C |
| Where I and my love wer wont to gae | D |
| I leant my back unto an aik | D |
| I thought it was a trusty tree | E |
| But first it bow'd and syne it brak | D |
| Sae my true love did lichtly me | E |
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| O waly waly gin love be bonny | E |
| A little time while it is new | F |
| But when its auld it waxeth cauld | C |
| And fades awa' like morning dew | C |
| O wherefore shuld I busk my head | C |
| Or wherefore shuld I kame my hair | G |
| For my true love has me forsook | D |
| And says he'll never loe me mair | G |
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| Now Arthur Seat sall be my bed | C |
| The sheets shall neir be fyl'd by me | E |
| Saint Anton's well sall be my drink | D |
| Since my true love has forsaken me | E |
| Marti'mas wind when wilt thou blaw | H |
| And shake the green leaves aff the tree | E |
| O gentle death whan wilt thou cum | I |
| For of my life I am wearie | E |
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| Tis not the frost that freezes fell | H |
| Nor blawing snaws inclemencie | J |
| 'Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry | E |
| But my loves heart grown cauld to me | E |
| Whan we came in by Glasgowe town | K |
| We were a comely sight to see | E |
| My love was clad in black velvet | C |
| And I my sell in cramasie | E |
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| But had I wist before I kisst | C |
| That love had been sae ill to win | L |
| I had lockt my heart in a case of gowd | C |
| And pinned it with a siller pin | L |
| And oh if my young babe were born | M |
| And set upon the nurses knee | E |
| And I my sell were dead and gane | E |
| For a maid again Ise never be | E |
Anonymous Olde English
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