Away To The Fair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEDBFB GGGB GHIHDBJB K LMNMOBPB K Q Q RBSB K STSUVBWB K FXFXSYBSB K ZSZSFBFB GGGB| The chorus is old | A |
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| AWAY to the Fair my lad did repair | B |
| Ere day had the welkin adorned | C |
| Now day's glidden by and night's in the sky | D |
| And he he has never returned | E |
| Now day's glidden by coal black is the sky | D |
| And tho' a dead calm's in the air | B |
| O'er mountain and plain a storm brews amain | F |
| And Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear what can the matter be | G |
| O dear what can the matter be | G |
| Dear dear what can the matter be | G |
| Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
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| Came Tam cap a gley with Robin and he | G |
| But nodded to Bell o'er the way | H |
| And Robin did call on Tib at the Hall | I |
| But naught of his neighbour did say | H |
| And Allie went by a laugh in his eye | D |
| For Meg of the Colliree Square | B |
| But never a word of Willie was heard | J |
| And Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear etc | K |
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| I ended my wark while lilted the lark | L |
| 'Tere lere' to his grass hidden mate | M |
| And drest in my best a rose in my breast | N |
| I've waited his coming and wait | M |
| The door set ajar the fire I stir | O |
| And often a combing my hair | B |
| I hark for the beat of two merry feet | P |
| But Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear etc | K |
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| 'What ails the jewel ' my mother she cries | Q |
| 'Ye're white as the cap on your head ' | - |
| 'An imp's in the lass ' my father replies | Q |
| 'Let let her be off to her bed ' | - |
| Atween hearth and door I wander the floor | R |
| A deaf to their bidding and prayer | B |
| And halt but to keek in the storm rock'd night | S |
| But Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear etc | K |
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| Now fear fills the house some shriek from affright | S |
| The dog howls aloud by the hearth | T |
| For runnels of fire do flash thro' the night | S |
| And deep thunder growls shake the earth | U |
| On high at each growl 'Tu whit ' cries the owl | V |
| 'Tu whoo ' while the windows declare | B |
| In terrific screams how the fierce rain teems | W |
| And Willie's not come from the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear etc | K |
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| Away dies the storm and up peers the moon | F |
| To brighten a cloud black as death | X |
| While a clear cock crow succeeds to the tune | F |
| The storm piped the while he had breath | X |
| Now sleeps the whole house save cricket and | S |
| mouse | Y |
| I oft to the window repair | B |
| And start at each sound but the hours go round | S |
| And Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear etc | K |
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| The night weareth old to bed I must go | Z |
| But neither to slumber nor rest | S |
| The thought of my lad the weary night so | Z |
| Will pierce like a thorn in my breast | S |
| But up with the lark to granny's I'll down | F |
| For if he's arrived he'll be there | B |
| And if he is not I'll off to the town | F |
| And seek for him all thro' the Fair | B |
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| Chorus O dear what can the matter be | G |
| O dear what can the matter be | G |
| Dear dear what can the matter be | G |
| Willie comes not from the Fair | B |
Joseph Skipsey
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