Martin Lightfoot's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DBDB EBF GBF HBH H H CIJI KBLB MBN M I CBOB| Come hearken hearken gentles all | A |
| Come hearken unto me | B |
| And I'll sing you a song of a Wood Lyon | C |
| Came swimming out over the sea | B |
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| He ranged west he ranged east | D |
| And far and wide ranged he | B |
| He took his bite out of every beast | D |
| Lives under the greenwood tree | B |
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| Then by there came a silly old wolf | E |
| 'And I'll serve you ' quoth he | B |
| Quoth the Lyon 'My paw is heavy enough | F |
| So what wilt thou do for me ' | - |
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| Then by there came a cunning old fox | G |
| 'And I'll serve you ' quoth he | B |
| Quoth the Lyon 'My wits are sharp enough | F |
| So what wilt thou do for me ' | - |
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| Then by there came a white white dove | H |
| Flew off Our Lady's knee | B |
| Sang 'It's I will be your true true love | H |
| If you'll be true to me ' | - |
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| 'And what will you do you bonny white dove | H |
| And what will you do for me ' | - |
| 'Oh it's I'll bring you to Our Lady's love | H |
| In the ways of chivalrie ' | - |
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| He followed the dove that Wood Lyon | C |
| By mere and wood and wold | I |
| Till he is come to a perfect knight | J |
| Like the Paladin of old | I |
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| He ranged east he ranged west | K |
| And far and wide ranged he | B |
| And ever the dove won him honour and fame | L |
| In the ways of chivalrie | B |
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| Then by there came a foul old sow | M |
| Came rookling under the tree | B |
| And 'It's I will be true love to you | N |
| If you'll be true to me ' | - |
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| 'And what wilt thou do thou foul old sow | M |
| And what wilt thou do for me ' | - |
| 'Oh there hangs in my snout a jewel of gold | I |
| And that will I give to thee ' | - |
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| He took to the sow that Wood Lyon | C |
| To the rookling sow took he | B |
| And the dove flew up to Our Lady's bosom | O |
| And never again throve he | B |
Charles Kingsley
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