A Welcome - The Campbells Are Coming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDE FGFGAHAHE AIAIFEFEE AJAJAGAGE| Gather oh gather gather oh gather | A |
| On with the philabeg every man | B |
| And up with the bonnet and badge of your father | A |
| Belt on the plaid of the great Campbell clan | B |
| From the heather clad hills of that island | C |
| In whose straths and glens your fathers were born | D |
| They come and so gather ye hearts that are Highland | C |
| Welcome the Lord and the Lady of Lorne | D |
| Gather oh gather c | E |
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| Ocean to ocean the welcome is ringing | F |
| Fair Indian summer with blush and with smile | G |
| O'er forests her right royal vesture is flinging | F |
| To welcome the bride and heir of Argyle | G |
| Princess of Lorne we rise to receive her | A |
| First royal lady our country has seen | H |
| To this the wide land of the maple and beaver | A |
| We welcome thee Princess child of our Queen | H |
| Gather oh gather c | E |
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| We had regret we sought not to smother | A |
| Kind Earl dear Countess were called to depart | I |
| But thoughtfully kindly the fair Queen our mother | A |
| Sends the son of her choice the child of her heart | I |
| There is a stir a bustle a humming | F |
| The tartans are waving plumes floating free | E |
| While trumpet and drum sound The Campbells are coming | F |
| We are all Campbells in welcoming thee | E |
| Gather oh gather c | E |
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| Son of Argyle so near to the sceptre | A |
| And Princess Louise fair child of a throne | J |
| We welcome to stand for our Queen in this empire | A |
| Rule us and love us and make us your own | J |
| Blow wild pibroch that welcomes no other | A |
| Shout million voiced failte wave banners the while | G |
| She's worthy fair child of so royal a mother | A |
| He's worthy the name and fame of Argyle | G |
| Gather oh gather c | E |
Nora Pembroke (margaret Moran Dixon Mcdougall)
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