On The Banks Of The Calder Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD AAAA AEAEFGFG AAAA HIJIAAAA AKAK| On Calder's green banks I stroll sadly and lonely | A |
| The flowers are blooming the birds singing sweet | B |
| The river's low murmur seems whispering only | A |
| The name of the laddie I came here to meet | B |
| He promised yestre'en by the thorn tree in blossom | C |
| He'd meet me to night as the sun sank to rest | D |
| And a sprig of May blossom he put on my bosom | C |
| As his lips to my hot cheeks he lovingly prest | D |
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| Oh where is my laddie Oh where is my Johnnie | A |
| Oh where is my laddie so gallant and free | A |
| He's winsome and witty his face is so bonny | A |
| Oh Johnnie my Johnnie I'm waiting for thee | A |
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| The night's growing dark and the shadows are eerie | A |
| The stars now peep out from the blue vault above | E |
| Oh why does he tarry oh where is my dearie | A |
| Oh what holds him back from the arms of his love | E |
| I know he's not false by his kind eyes so blue | F |
| And his tones were sincere when he called me his own | G |
| Oh he promised so fairly he'd ever be true | F |
| But why does he leave me to wander alone | G |
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| Oh where is my laddie Oh where is my Johnnie | A |
| Oh where is my laddie so gallant and free | A |
| He's winsome and witty his face is so bonny | A |
| Oh Johnnie my Johnnie I'm waiting for thee | A |
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| The moon now is up the owl hoots in the wood | H |
| The trees sigh and moan and the water runs black | I |
| The tears down my cheeks roll a sorrowful flood | J |
| And my heart throbs to tell me he'll never come back | I |
| Oh woe woe is me Did he mean to betray | A |
| Must my ruin the price of his perfidy be | A |
| No the river shall hide me and bear me away | A |
| Cold Calder receive me I'm coming to thee | A |
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| Oh where is her laddie Oh where is her Johnnie | A |
| Oh where is her laddie that treated her so | K |
| But the voice of the river shall haunt him for ever | A |
| And his base heart shall never more happiness know | K |
John Hartley
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