An Old Song Re-sung Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDAD EFGFGGHAH GIJIKLLML LLLLGNOGO| As I went down through Dublin city | A |
| At the hour of twelve of the night | B |
| Who did I see but a Spanish lady | A |
| Washing her feet by candle light | B |
| First she washed them | C |
| Then she dried them | C |
| All by a fire of amber coals | D |
| In all my life I never did see | A |
| A maid so neat about the soles | D |
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| I asked her would she come a walking | E |
| And we went on where the small bats flew | F |
| A coach I called then to instate her | G |
| And on we went till the grey cocks crew | F |
| Combs of amber | G |
| In her hair were | G |
| And her eyes had every spell | H |
| In all my life I never did see | A |
| A maid whom I could love so well | H |
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| But when I came to where I found her | G |
| And set her down from the halted coach | I |
| Who was there waiting his arms folded | J |
| But that fatal swordsman Tiger Roache | I |
| Then blades were out | K |
| And 'twas thrust and cut | L |
| And never wrist gave me more affright | L |
| Till I lay low upon the floor | M |
| Where she stood holding the candle light | L |
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| But O ye bucks of Dublin city | L |
| If I should see at twelve of the night | L |
| In any chamber such lovely lady | L |
| Washing her feet by candle light | L |
| And drying o'er | G |
| Soles neat as hers | N |
| All by a fire of amber coal | O |
| Your blades be dimmed I'd whisper her | G |
| And take her for a midnight stroll | O |
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