The Streams Of Bunclody Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCC DEFF GGFF HHIJ KKKK HHLL MMKK| Oh were I at the moss house where the birds do increase | A |
| At the foot of Mount Leinster or some silent place | B |
| Near the streams of Bunclody where all pleasures do meet | C |
| And all I'd require is one kiss from you sweet | C |
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| If I was in Bunclody I would think myself at home | D |
| 'Tis there I would have a sweetheart but here I have none | E |
| Drinking strong liquor in the height of my cheer | F |
| Here's a health to Bunclody and the lass I love dear | F |
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| The cuckoo is a pretty bird it sings as it flies | G |
| It brings us good tidings and tells us no lies | G |
| It sucks the young bird's eggs to make its voice clear | F |
| And it never cries cuckoo till the summer is near | F |
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| If I was a clerk and could write a good hand | H |
| I would write to my true love that she might understand | H |
| I am a young fellow that is wounded in love | I |
| That lived by Bunclody but now must remove | J |
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| If I was a lark and had wings I then could fly | K |
| I would go to yon arbour where my love she doth lie | K |
| I'd proceed to yon arbour where my love she does lie | K |
| And on her fond bosom contented I would die | K |
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| The reason my love slights me as you may understand | H |
| Because she has a freehold and I have no land | H |
| She has a great store of riches and a large sum of gold | L |
| And everything fitting a house to uphold | L |
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| So adieu my dear father adieu my dear mother | M |
| Farewell to my sister farewell to my brother | M |
| I'm going to America my fortune for to try | K |
| When I think upon Bunclody I'm ready for to die | K |
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