Bambino (corsican Lullaby) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFGFD HIJID KLMLD NIOID PNDND QRLR| Bambino in his cradle slept | A |
| And by his side his grandam grim | B |
| Bent down and smiled upon the child | C |
| And sung this lullaby to him | B |
| This 'ninna and anninia' | D |
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| 'When thou art older thou shalt mind | E |
| To traverse countries far and wide | F |
| And thou shalt go where roses blow | G |
| And balmy waters singing glide | F |
| So ninna and anninia | D |
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| 'And thou shalt wear trimmed up in points | H |
| A famous jacket edged in red | I |
| And more than that a peak d hat | J |
| All decked in gold upon thy head | I |
| Ah ninna and anninia | D |
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| 'Then shalt thou carry gun and knife | K |
| Nor shall the soldiers bully thee | L |
| Perchance beset by wrong or debt | M |
| A mighty bandit thou shalt be | L |
| So ninna and anninia | D |
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| 'No woman yet of our proud race | N |
| Lived to her fourteenth year unwed | I |
| The brazen churl that eyed a girl | O |
| Bought her the ring or paid his head | I |
| So ninna and anninia | D |
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| 'But once came spies I know the thieves | P |
| And brought disaster to our race | N |
| God heard us when our fifteen men | D |
| Were hanged within the market place | N |
| But ninna and anninia | D |
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| 'Good men they were my babe and true | Q |
| Right worthy fellows all and strong | R |
| Live thou and be for them and me | L |
| Avenger of that deadly wrong | R |
| So ninna and anninia ' | - |
Eugene Field
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