Ballad Of Douglas Bridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDA EFAA AAGA HHIA JJKA LMNA OOPA QQRA| On Douglas Bridge I met a man | A |
| Who lived adjacent to Strabane | A |
| Before the English hung him high | B |
| For riding with O'Hanlon | A |
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| The eyes of him were just as fresh | C |
| As when they burned within the flesh | C |
| And his boot legs were wide apart | D |
| From riding with O'Hanlon | A |
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| God save you Sir I said with fear | E |
| You seem to be a stranger here | F |
| Not I said he nor any man | A |
| Who rides with Count O'Hanlon | A |
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| I know each glen from North Tyrone | A |
| To Monaghan and I've been known | A |
| By every clan and parish since | G |
| I rode with Count O'Hanlon | A |
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| Before that time said he to me | H |
| My fathers owned the land you see | H |
| But they are now among the moors | I |
| A riding with O'Hanlon | A |
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| Before that time said he with pride | J |
| My fathers rode where now they ride | J |
| As Rapparees before the time | K |
| Of trouble and O'Hanlon | A |
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| Good night to you and God be with | L |
| The tellers of the tale and myth | M |
| For they are of the spirit stuff | N |
| That rides with Count O'Hanlon | A |
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| Good night to you said I and God | O |
| Be with the chargers fairy shod | O |
| That bear the Ulster heroes forth | P |
| To ride with Count O'Hanlon | A |
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| On Douglas Bridge we parted but | Q |
| The Gap o' Dreams is never shut | Q |
| To one whose saddled soul to night | R |
| Rides out with Count O'Hanlon | A |
Francis Carlin
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