Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CBAB CDED BBFB DEDE BBBB BCDC EEEE DBBB CBDB| Der noble Ritter Hugo | A |
| Von Schwillensaufenstein | B |
| Rode out mit shper and helmet | C |
| Und he coom to de panks of de Rhine | B |
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| Und oop dere rose a meermaid | C |
| Vot hadn't got nodings on | B |
| Und she say Oh Ritter Hugo | A |
| Vhere you goes mit yourself alone | B |
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| And he says I rides in de creenwood | C |
| Mit helmet und mit shpeer | D |
| Til I coomes into em Gasthaus | E |
| Und dere I trinks some beer | D |
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| Und den outshpoke de maiden | B |
| Vot hadn't got nodings on | B |
| I don't dink mooch of beoplesh | F |
| Dat goes mit demselfs alone | B |
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| You'd petter coom down in de wasser | D |
| Vhere dere's heaps of dings to see | E |
| Und hafe a shplendid tinner | D |
| Und drafel along mit me | E |
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| Dere you sees de fisch a schwimmin' | B |
| Und you catches dem efery von | B |
| So sang dis wasser maiden | B |
| Vot hadn't got nodings on | B |
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| Dere ish drunks all full mit money | B |
| In ships dat vent down of old | C |
| Und you helpsh yourself by dunder | D |
| To shimmerin' crowns of gold | C |
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| Shoost look at dese shpoons und vatches | E |
| Shoost see dese diamant rings | E |
| Coom down and fill your bockets | E |
| Und I'll giss you like efery dings | E |
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| Vot you vantsh mit your schnapps und lager | D |
| Coom down into der Rhine | B |
| Der ish pottles der Kaiser Charlemagne | B |
| Vonce filled mit gold red wine | B |
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| Dat fetched him he shtood all shpell pound | C |
| She pooled his coat tails down | B |
| She drawed him oonder der wasser | D |
| De maiden mit nodings on | B |
Charles G. Leland
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