Young Waters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHHH GHIH HJKJ HJFJ LJMJ NEHE OJHJ FHFP EHEH EQER STST SJUJ| About Yule when the wind blew cool | A |
| And the round tables began | B |
| A' there is come to our king's court | C |
| Mony a well favoured man | B |
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| The queen looked o'er the castle wa' | D |
| Beheld baith dale and down | E |
| And then she saw young Waters | F |
| Come riding to the town | E |
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| His footmen they did rin before | G |
| His horsemen rade behind | H |
| Ane mantle of the burning gowd | H |
| Did keep him frae the wind | H |
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| Gowden graith'd his horse before | G |
| And siller shod behind | H |
| The horse young Waters rade upon | I |
| Was fleeter than the wind | H |
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| Out then spake a wily lord | H |
| Unto the queen said he | J |
| O tell me wha's the fairest face | K |
| Rides in the company | J |
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| I've seen lord and I've seen laird | H |
| And knights of high degree | J |
| But a fairer face than young Waters | F |
| Mine eyen did never see | J |
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| Out then spake the jealous king | L |
| And an angry man was he | J |
| O if he had been twice as fair | M |
| You might have excepted me | J |
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| You're neither laird nor lord she says | N |
| But the king that wears the crown | E |
| There is not a knight in fair Scotland | H |
| But to thee maun bow down | E |
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| For a' that she could do or say | O |
| Appeased he wad nae be | J |
| But for the words which she had said | H |
| Young Waters he maun dee | J |
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| They hae ta'en young Waters | F |
| And put fetters to his feet | H |
| They hae ta'en young Waters | F |
| And thrown him in dungeon deep | P |
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| Aft I have ridden thro' Stirling town | E |
| In the wind but and the weet | H |
| But I ne'er rade thro' Stirling town | E |
| Wi' fetters at my feet | H |
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| Aft have I ridden thro' Stirling town | E |
| In the wind but and the rain | Q |
| But I ne'er rade thro' Stirling town | E |
| Ne'er to return again | R |
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| They hae ta'en to the heading hill | S |
| His young son in his cradle | T |
| And they hae ta'en to the heading hill | S |
| His horse but and his saddle | T |
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| They hae ta'en to the heading hill | S |
| His lady fair to see | J |
| And for the words the queen had spoke | U |
| Young Waters he did dee | J |
George Wharton Edwards
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