The Forsaken Bride Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEDE EFCCCGDG CEDEHEIE HJDEKEEE 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 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 but love be bonny | E |
| A little time while it is new | F |
| But when 'tis auld it waxeth cauld | C |
| And fades awa' like morning dew | C |
| O wherefore should I busk my head | C |
| Or wherefore should I kame my hair | G |
| For my true Love has me forsook | D |
| And says he'll never lo'e me mair | G |
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| Now Arthur seat sall be my bed | C |
| The sheets shall ne'er be prest 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 when wilt thou come | I |
| For of my life I am wear e | E |
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| 'Tis not the frost that freezes fell | H |
| Nor blawing snaw's inclemencie | J |
| 'Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry | D |
| But my Love's heart grown cauld to me | E |
| When we came in by Glasgow town | K |
| We were a comely sight to see | E |
| My Love was clad in the black velv t | E |
| And I mysell in cramasie | E |
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| But had I wist before I kist | C |
| That love had been sae ill to win | L |
| I had lockt my heart in a case of gowd | C |
| And pinn'd it with a siller pin | L |
| And oh if my young babe were born | M |
| And set upon the nurse's knee | E |
| And I mysell were dead and gane | E |
| And the green grass growing over me | E |
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