A Rover Chanty Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACCD EBEECCD BF CCD GBG CCD HDHHCCD AIAACCD GIGGCCD JDJJCCD| A trader sailed from Stepney town | A |
| Wake her up Shake her up Try her with the mainsail | B |
| A trader sailed from Stepney town | A |
| With a keg full of gold and a velvet gown | A |
| Ho the bully rover Jack | C |
| Waiting with his yard aback | C |
| Out upon the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| The trader he had a daughter fair | E |
| Wake her up Shake her up Try her with the foresail | B |
| The trader he had a daughter fair | E |
| She had gold in her ears and gold in her hair | E |
| All for bully rover Jack | C |
| Waiting with his yard aback | C |
| Out upon the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| 'Alas the day oh daughter mine ' | - |
| Shake her up Wake her up Try her with the topsail | B |
| 'Alas the day oh daughter mine | F |
| Yon red red flag is a fearsome sign ' | - |
| Ho the bully rover Jack | C |
| Reaching on the weather tack | C |
| Out upon the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| 'A fearsome flag ' the maiden cried | G |
| Wake her up Shake her up Try her with the jibsail | B |
| 'A fearsome flag ' the maiden cried | G |
| But comelier men I never have spied ' | - |
| Ho the bully rover Jack | C |
| Reaching on the weather tack | C |
| Out upon the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| There's a wooden path that the rovers know | H |
| Wake her up Shake her up Try her with the headsails | D |
| There's a wooden path that the rovers know | H |
| Where none come back though many must go | H |
| Ho the bully rover Jack | C |
| Lying with his yard aback | C |
| Out upon the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| Where is the trader of Stepney town | A |
| Wake her up Shake her up Every stick a bending | I |
| Where is the trader of Stepney town | A |
| There's gold on the capstan and blood on the gown | A |
| Ho for bully rover Jack | C |
| Waiting with his yard aback | C |
| Out upon the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| Where is the maiden who knelt at his side | G |
| Wake her up Shake her up Every stitch a drawing | I |
| Where is the maiden who knelt at his side | G |
| We gowned her in scarlet and chose her our bride | G |
| Ho the bully rover Jack | C |
| Reaching on the weather tack | C |
| Right across the Lowland sea | D |
| - | |
| So it's up and its over to Stornoway Bay | J |
| Pack it on Crack it on Try her with the stunsails | D |
| It's off on a bowline to Stornoway Bay | J |
| Where the liquor is good and the lasses are gay | J |
| Waiting for their bully Jack | C |
| Watching for him sailing back | C |
| Right across the Lowland sea | D |
Arthur Conan Doyle
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