Corrymeela Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDBC EEFG HHFG IIJK LLKK| Over here in England I'm helpin' wi' the hay | A |
| And I wisht I was in Ireland the livelong day | A |
| Weary on the English hay an' sorra take the wheat | B |
| Och Corrymeela an' the blue sky over it | C |
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| There's a deep dumb river flowin' by beyont the heavy trees | D |
| This livin' air is moithered wi' the hummin' o' the bees | D |
| I wisht I'd hear the Claddagh burn go runnin' through the heat | B |
| Past Corrymeela wi' the blue sky over it | C |
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| The people that's in England is richer nor the Jews | E |
| There's not the smallest young gossoon but thravels in his shoes | E |
| I'd give the pipe between me teeth to see a barefut child | F |
| Och Corrymeela an' the low south wind | G |
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| Here's hands so full o' money an' hearts so full o' care | H |
| By the luck o' love I'd still go light for all I did go bare | H |
| God save ye colleen dhas I said the girl she thought me wild | F |
| Fair Corrymeela an' the low south wind | G |
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| D'ye mind me now the song at night is mortial hard to raise | I |
| The girls are heavy goin' here the boys are ill to plase | I |
| When ones't I'm out this workin' hive 'tis I'll be back again | J |
| Aye Corrymeela in the same soft rain | K |
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| The puff o' smoke from one ould roof before an English town | L |
| For a shaugh wid Andy Feelan here I'd give a silver crown | L |
| For a curl o' hair like Mollie's ye'll ask the like in vain | K |
| Sweet Corrymeela an' the same soft rain | K |
Moira O'neill
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