The Bridal Gift Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB BBBC DEDE F EGEH F IJIK F ALAL BBBC| LAST night at the fair I met light footed Polly | A |
| And Nanny from Earsdon and bothersome Nell | B |
| And yellow hair'd Bessy and hazel eyed Dolly | A |
| But Rosy for sweetness did bear off the bell | B |
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| Chorus Not Polly nor Dolly nor coy little Bell | B |
| Not Nanny nor Fanny nor sly little Nell | B |
| Not Bessy nor Jessy is loved half so well | B |
| As Rosy the posy la no | C |
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| A bridal gift to her a rich snowy feather | D |
| To put in her bonnet a locket I bought | E |
| A handbag beside of the best foreign leather | D |
| A pair of fine gloves and with figures enwrought | E |
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| Chorus Not Polly nor Dolly etc | F |
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| A silken scarf gave I with silver lace laced and | E |
| A rarely cut comb for her tresses so dear | G |
| A rich broider'd girdle to girdle her waist and | E |
| A Guinea gold droplet to hang at each ear | H |
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| Chorus Not Polly nor Dolly etc | F |
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| A bonny bit brooch did I buy for her bosom | I |
| A mantle of scarlet a bonny white gown | J |
| The garland I'd promised of sweet orange blossom | I |
| The ring that shall make her forever my own | K |
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| Chorus Not Polly nor Dolly etc | F |
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| Some gifts to my honey I bought and had money | A |
| Been mine I to these had link'd castles and lands | L |
| And Nan Nell and Polly and Fan Bell and Dolly | A |
| Had danced in her train and obeyed her commands | L |
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| Chorus Not Polly nor Dolly nor coy little Bell | B |
| Not Nanny nor Fanny nor sly little Nell | B |
| Not Bessy nor Jessy is loved half so well | B |
| As Rosy the posy la no | C |
Joseph Skipsey
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