Brown Robyn's Confession Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B A B CABA D EA EFAF CAD CADA AAAG HAA HAA EAB| The Text is the only one known that printed by Buchan Ballads of the North of Scotland and copied into Motherwell's MS | A |
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| The Story relating as it does a miracle of the Virgin is perhaps the only one we possess of a class which in other lands is so extensive A similar Scandinavian ballad has a tragical termination except in one version | B |
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| The casting of lots to discover the Jonah of a ship is a feature common to many literatures | A |
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| BROWN ROBYN'S CONFESSION | B |
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| It fell upon a Wodensday | C |
| Brown Robyn's men went to sea | A |
| But they saw neither moon nor sun | B |
| Nor starlight wi' their ee | A |
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| 'We'll cast kevels us amang | D |
| See wha the unhappy man may be ' | - |
| The kevel fell on Brown Robyn | E |
| The master man was he | A |
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| 'It is nae wonder ' said Brown Robyn | E |
| 'Altho I dinna thrive | F |
| For wi' my mither I had twa bairns | A |
| And wi' my sister five | F |
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| 'But tie me to a plank o' wude | C |
| And throw me in the sea | A |
| And if I sink ye may bid me sink | D |
| But if I swim just lat me bee ' | - |
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| They've tyed him to a plank o' wude | C |
| And thrown him in the sea | A |
| He didna sink tho' they bade him sink | D |
| He swim'd and they bade lat him bee | A |
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| He hadna been into the sea | A |
| An hour but barely three | A |
| Till by it came Our Blessed Lady | A |
| Her dear young son her wi' | G |
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| 'Will ye gang to your men again | H |
| Or will ye gang wi' me | A |
| Will ye gang to the high heavens | A |
| Wi' my dear son and me ' | - |
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| 'I winna gang to my men again | H |
| For they would be feared at mee | A |
| But I woud gang to the high heavens | A |
| Wi' thy dear son and thee ' | - |
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| 'It's for nae honour ye did to me Brown Robyn | E |
| It's for nae guid ye did to mee | A |
| But a' is for your fair confession | B |
| You've made upon the sea ' | - |
Frank Sidgwick
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