A Folk Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEEEEB ABFBEEEEEB ABGBHEEIJB| I came to your town my love | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And you were away away | B |
| I said quot She is with the Queen's maidens | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp They tarry long at their play | B |
| They are stringing her words like pearls | D |
| To throw to the dukes and earls quot | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp But O the pity | E |
| I had but a morn of windy red | E |
| To come to the town where you were bred | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And you were away away | B |
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| I came to your town my love | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And you were away away | B |
| I said quot She is with the mountain elves | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And misty and fair as they | B |
| They are spinning a diamond net | E |
| To cover her curls of jet quot | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp But O the pity | E |
| I had but a noon of searing heat | E |
| To come to your town my love my sweet | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And you were away away | B |
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| I came to your town my love | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And you were away away | B |
| I said quot She is with the pale white saints | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And they tarry long to pray | B |
| They give her a white lily crown | H |
| And I fear she will never come down quot | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp But O the pity | E |
| I had but an even grey and wan | I |
| To come to your town and plead as man | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And you were away away | B |
Jessie Mackay
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