Sir Hugh In The Grime's Downfall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D EFGHI JII KLM KNM BOPO QRQN SIS QNT URQ UNT VFWH WNX VNW WNXN YIZ| The Text given here is comparatively a late one from the Roxburghe collection iii An earlier broadside in the same and other collections gives a longer but curiously corrupted version exhibiting such perversions as 'Screw' for 'Scroop ' and 'Garlard' for 'Carlisle ' | A |
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| The Story in its full form relates that Sir Hugh in the Grime Hughie Graeme or Graham stole a mare from the Bishop of Carlisle by way of retaliation for the Bishop's seduction of his wife He was pursued by Lord Scroop taken and conveyed to Carlisle and hanged | B |
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| Scott suggested that Hugh Graham may have been one of four hundred Borderers accused to the Bishop of Carlisle of various murders and thefts about | C |
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| SIR HUGH IN THE GRIME'S DOWNFALL | D |
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| Good Lord John is a hunting gone | E |
| Over the hills and dales so far | F |
| For to take Sir Hugh in the Grime | G |
| For stealing of the bishop's mare | H |
| He derry derry down | I |
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| Hugh in the Grime was taken then | J |
| And carried to Carlisle town | I |
| The merry women came out amain | I |
| Saying 'The name of Grime shall never go down ' | - |
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| O then a jury of women was brought | K |
| Of the best that could be found | L |
| Eleven of them spoke all at once | M |
| Saying 'The name of Grime shall never go down ' | - |
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| And then a jury of men was brought | K |
| More the pity for to be | N |
| Eleven of them spoke all at once | M |
| Saying 'Hugh in the Grime you are guilty ' | - |
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| Hugh in the Grime was cast to be hang'd | B |
| Many of his friends did for him lack | O |
| For fifteen foot in the prisin he did jump | P |
| With his hands tyed fast behind his back | O |
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| Then bespoke our good Lady Ward | Q |
| As she set on the bench so high | R |
| 'A peck of white pennys I'll give to my lord | Q |
| If he'll grant Hugh Grime to me | N |
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| 'And if it be not full enough | S |
| I'll stroke it up with my silver fan | I |
| And if it be not full enough | S |
| I'll heap it up with my own hand ' | - |
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| 'Hold your tongue now Lady Ward | Q |
| And of your talkitive let it be | N |
| There is never a Grime came in this court | T |
| That at thy bidding shall saved be ' | - |
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| Then bespoke our good Lady Moor | U |
| As she sat on the bench so high | R |
| 'A yoke of fat oxen I'll give to my lord | Q |
| If he'll grant Hugh Grime to me ' | - |
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| 'Hold your tongue now good Lady Moor | U |
| And of your talkitive let it be | N |
| There is never a Grime came to this court | T |
| That at thy bidding saved shall be ' | - |
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| Sir Hugh in the Grime look'd out of the door | V |
| With his hand out of the bar | F |
| There he spy'd his father dear | W |
| Tearing of his golden hair | H |
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| 'Hold your tongue good father dear | W |
| And of your weeping let it be | N |
| For if they bereave me of my life | X |
| They cannot bereave me of the heavens so high ' | - |
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| Sir Hugh in the Grime look'd out at the door | V |
| Oh what a sorry heart had he | N |
| There he spy'd his mother dear | W |
| Weeping and wailing 'Oh woe is me ' | - |
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| 'Hold your tongue now mother dear | W |
| And of your weeping let it be | N |
| For if they bereave me of my life | X |
| They cannot bereave me of heaven's fee | N |
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| 'I'll leave my sword to Johnny Armstrong | Y |
| That is made of mettal so fine | I |
| That when he comes to the border side | Z |
| He may think of Hugh in the Grime ' | - |
Frank Sidgwick
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