St. Andrew And Halloween Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEAAFFGGHHIIBB JKLLKKMMGGGGNOPPAAQQ RRSSGGLLKKGGTTUUVVWW XX| Our ancient customs to renew | A |
| We meet to honour St Andrew | A |
| He was of the Jewish nation | B |
| A fisherman by occupation | B |
| No warlike knight with lance and sword | C |
| But humbly following his Lord | C |
| And Scotia she justly claims | D |
| Her soil contains his last remains | E |
| In early times the pilgrims drew | A |
| Unto the shrine of St Andrew | A |
| For miracles it gained renown | F |
| And thence sprang up St Andrew's town | F |
| And here to night we meet together | G |
| Rose shamrock and blooming heather | G |
| For no more the Scottish thistle | H |
| With warlike thorns it doth bristle | H |
| But clansmen twine round maple leaf | I |
| When rallying at the call of chief | I |
| And time will come when we'll be one | B |
| And proud of name Canadian | B |
| A tale we'll tell of what hath been | J |
| When maids and youths kept Hallowe'en | K |
| It is a tale of old world lore | L |
| What happened in the days of yore | L |
| When faries danced upon the green | K |
| So merrily on Hallowe'en | K |
| And witches did play many a trick | M |
| Assisted by their auld friend nick | M |
| And lovers met wound the fire | G |
| Near to the one their hearts desire | G |
| For to burn nuts for to discover | G |
| The truthfulness of their lover | G |
| They first did give each nut a name | N |
| This was Sandy that was Jane | O |
| If they did blaze side by side | P |
| She knew her husband he his bride | P |
| But if one up the chimney flew | A |
| One knew the other was not true | A |
| And one sure test did never fail | Q |
| Blindfold to find good stock of kale | Q |
| To pull the first comes to the hand | R |
| With heavy roots of earth and sand | R |
| For the very weight of mould | S |
| Does denote the lover's gold | S |
| In tubs children love to splatter | G |
| Ducking for apples in the water | G |
| For such were the delights of yore | L |
| Which soon will cease for evermore | L |
| At Balmoral Castle Britain's Queen | K |
| Oft celebrated Hallowe'en | K |
| Princess Beatrice lights bonfire | G |
| 'Neath the mock witches funeral pyre | G |
| But Highland landlords now do clear | T |
| Land of men to make room for deer | T |
| And where brave race did once abound | U |
| 'Tis wilderness of hunting ground | U |
| But Scotia must not be forgot | V |
| For sake of Chalmers Burns or Scott | V |
| But here upon Canadian soil | W |
| A man may own where he doth toil | W |
| For here each may enjoy the charm | X |
| Of owning fine prairie farm | X |
James Mcintyre
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