Lilly-willy-woken Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEFE EEBE GHIHAEHE EEGE GJKJLEME EEBE GNJNOEPE EEQE| Bill Vining had a sorrel colt | A |
| Some two years old or more | B |
| But the colt was wild as a mountain deer | C |
| And a bridle never wore | B |
| And so one day | D |
| Bill took his colt | A |
| named Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| And whipp'd him till his stubborn will | F |
| And the whiplash both were broken | E |
| - | |
| Broke Broke Broken | E |
| Your stubborn will is broken | E |
| You will dance no more on the sable floor | B |
| O Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| - | |
| Bill Vining was a banker | G |
| He had a bag of gold | H |
| And not only uncurrent coin | I |
| But customers he sold | H |
| But while he went to break his colt | A |
| Young Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| His teller told with his bag of gold | H |
| And thus the bank was broken | E |
| - | |
| Broke Broke Broken | E |
| Your master's bank is broken | E |
| He will count no more his profits o'er | G |
| O Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| - | |
| Bill Vining was a lover | G |
| He had a lady fair | J |
| Who had said thro' life she'd be his wife | K |
| And his bag of gold would share | J |
| But when she saw that all was lost | L |
| Save Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| She felt inclined to change her mind | M |
| And so his heart was broken | E |
| - | |
| Broke Broke Broken | E |
| Your master's heart is broken | E |
| He will sing no more at his lady's door | B |
| O Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| - | |
| Bill Vining was a mourner | G |
| He had a host of woes | N |
| And grave despair was pictured where | J |
| A smile did once repose | N |
| And so he took the halter off | O |
| From Lilly Willy Woken | E |
| And from a shelf he hung himself | P |
| And thus his neck was broken | E |
| - | |
| Broke Broke Broken | E |
| Your master's neck is broken | E |
| And you see what came of a stubborn frame | Q |
| O Lilly Willy Woken | E |
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