My Darling Dear, My Daisy Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBCDEEF GHGHHIIF JKLKKM F NONPPQR| WITH lullay lullay like a child | A |
| Thou sleep st too long thou art beguiled | A |
| 'My darling dear my daisy flower | B |
| Let me ' quoth he 'lie in your lap ' | C |
| 'Lie still ' quoth she 'my paramour | B |
| Lie still hardily and take a nap ' | C |
| His head was heavy such was his hap | D |
| All drowsy dreaming drowned in sleep | E |
| That of his love he took no keep | E |
| With hey lullay etc | F |
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| With ba ba ba and bas bas bas | G |
| She cherished him both cheek and chin | H |
| That he wist never where he was | G |
| He had forgotten all deadly sin | H |
| He wanted wit her love to win | H |
| He trusted her payment and lost all his pay | I |
| She left him sleeping and stale away | I |
| With hey lullay etc | F |
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| The rivers rough the waters wan | J |
| She spar d not to wet her feet | K |
| She waded over she found a man | L |
| That hals d her heartily and kissed her sweet | K |
| Thus after her cold she caught a heat | K |
| 'My lief ' she said 'rowteth in his bed | M |
| Iwys he hath an heavy head ' | - |
| With hey lullay etc | F |
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| What dreamest thou drunkard drowsy pate | N |
| Thy lust and liking is from thee gone | O |
| Thou blinkard blowboll thou wak st too late | N |
| Behold thou liest luggard alone | P |
| Well may thou sigh well may thou groan | P |
| To deal with her so cowardly | Q |
| Ywis pole hatchet she blear d thine eye | R |
John Skelton
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