The Courting Gate Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDCDCCE FGHGGIGIGGE EEGEGEGEGGE CEGECJKJGGE| There's dew upon the meadows | A |
| An' bats are wheelin' high | B |
| The sun has set an hour sin' | C |
| An' evenin' leet's i' t' sky | B |
| Swalows i' t' thack are sleepin | C |
| Neet hawks are swift on t' wing | D |
| An' grey moths gethers honey | C |
| Amang the purple ling | D |
| O coom an' meet me Mally | C |
| O coom an' greet me Mally | C |
| Meet me greet me at the courtin' gate | E |
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| The fire leet casts thy shadow | F |
| Owerthwart the kitchen wall | G |
| It's dancin' up an' doon lass | H |
| My heart does dance an' all | G |
| Three times I've gien oor love call | G |
| To bring my bird to t' nest | I |
| When wilt a coom my throstle | G |
| An' shelter on my breast | I |
| O coom an' meet me Mally | G |
| O coom an' greet me Mally | G |
| Meet me greet me at the courtin' gate | E |
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| I've wrowt all t' day at t' harvist | E |
| But ivery hour seemed sweet | E |
| Acause I thowt I'd haud thee | G |
| Clasped i' my airms to neet | E |
| Black Bess she raked aside me | G |
| An' leuked at me an' smiled | E |
| I telled her I loved Mally | G |
| It made her despert wild | E |
| O coom an' meet me Mally | G |
| O coom an' greet me Mally | G |
| Meet me greet me at the courtin' gate | E |
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| Thy shadow's gone frae t' kitchen | C |
| T' hoose door is oppened wide | E |
| It's she my viewly Mally | G |
| The lass I'll mak my bride | E |
| White lilies in her garden | C |
| Fling oot your scent i' t' air | J |
| An' mingle breath wi' t' roses | K |
| I've gethered for her hair | J |
| O let me haud thee Mally | G |
| O let me faud thee Mally | G |
| Haud thee faud thee at the courtin' gate | E |
Frederic William Moorman
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