The Whummil Bore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C DEFEE CC GH HH II HH| The Text is from Motherwell's MS He included it in the Appendix to his Minstrelsy No other collector or editor notices the ballad 'if it ever were one ' as Child remarks | A |
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| The only point to be noted is that the second stanza has crept into two versions of Hind Horn apparently because of the resemblance of the previous stanzas which present a mere ballad commonplace | B |
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| THE WHUMMIL BORE | C |
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| Seven lang years I hae served the king | D |
| Fa fa fa fa lilly | E |
| And I never got a sight of his daughter but ane | F |
| With my glimpy glimpy glimpy eedle | E |
| Lillum too tee a ta too a tee a ta a tally | E |
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| I saw her thro' a whummil bore | C |
| And I ne'er got a sight of her no more | C |
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| Twa was putting on her gown | G |
| And ten was putting pins therein | H |
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| Twa was putting on her shoon | H |
| And twa was buckling them again | H |
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| Five was combing down her hair | I |
| And I never got a sight of her nae mair | I |
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| Her neck and breast was like the snow | H |
| Then from the bore I was forced to go | H |
Frank Sidgwick
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